Hooman Peimani

Nuclear Proliferation in the Indian Subcontinent (eBook, PDF)

The Self-Exhausting Superpowers and Emerging Alliances

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Produktbeschreibung

The main impact of the May 1998 nuclear tests of India and Pakistan was not on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Peimani asserts, but on the structure of the international system. The tests could not encourage massive nuclear proliferation as many natural factors prevent such a scenario, but they surely contributed to the weakening of the mainly American-dominated international system.

The failure of nuclear India and Pakistan to achieve their objectives has increased their dissatisfaction with a system which they see as discriminating against them on the grounds of their insignificant nuclear arsenals and their severe underdevelopment. Given their limited resources, their attempts to deal with these problems in the near future and, in particular to develop credible arsenals, would be self-exhausting and not feasible. Their failure has turned them into dissatisfied regional powers who are being pushed toward forming alliances with their long-time friends, Russia and China, respectively. Each has strong reasons for dissatisfaction with the American system, which is marginalizing them. Their concerns about common enemies and threats as well as their economic and political needs are pushing these states toward the formation of tacit or official alliances. Decades of friendship and extensive ties make them natural allies and encourage the formation of an alliance between India and Russia on the one side, and China and Pakistan on the other. By creating strong regional poles, these predictably hostile alliances will contribute to the weakening of the international system and the consolidation of a rising multipolarity. Scholars, students, and researchers involved with foreign policy, American-Indian and American-Pakistani relations, and international military-political relations will find this analysis of particular interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781573569040
• Artikelnr.: 37955912

Autorenporträt

HOOMAN PEIMANI is an independent consultant with international agencies in Geneva and does research in international relations. His earlier research and writing has centered on the Persian Gulf, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Among his earlier publications is Regional Security and the Future of Central Asia: The Competition of Iran, Turkey, and Russia (Praeger, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programs: History and
Objectives Political Implications of the May 1998 Tests Major Impediments
in the Way of Progress The Creation of Alliances Conclusion Bibliography
Index