Testing Theories of Proliferation: The Case of Nuclear South Asia
Karthika Sasikumar, Former Liu Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC
January 1, 2009
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The edited volume “Inside Nuclear South Asia“, edited by Scott D. Sagan features this chapter by Karthika Sasikumar, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research.
Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the Indian parliament, which the Indian government blamed on the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organizations. Despite some attempts at rapprochement in the intervening years, a new standoff between the two countries was precipitated when India accused Lashkar-e-Taiba of being behind the Mumbai attacks late last year.
The relentlessness of the confrontations between these two nations makes Inside Nuclear South Asia a must read for anyone wishing to gain a thorough understanding of the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia and the potential consequences of nuclear proliferation on the subcontinent.
