Nuclear Proliferation in the Indian Subcontinent The Self-exhausting Superpowers and Emerging Alliances

Name: Nuclear Proliferation in the Indian Subcontinent The Self-exhausting Superpowers and Emerging Alliances
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ISBN: 9780313047336

ISBN-10: 0313047332

ISBN-13: 9780313047336

Edition: N/A

Authors: Hooman Peimani

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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…

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List price: $115.50
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/1/2000
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

HOOMAN PEIMANI is an independent consultant with international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, and does research in international relations. His writing centers on the Persian Gulf, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Apart from journal and newspaper articles, Dr. Peimani's recent publicaitons include "Failed Transition, Bleak Future: War and Instability in Central Asia and the Caucasus" (Praeger, 2002) and "The Caspian Pipeline Dilemma: Political Games and Economic Losses" (Praeger, 2001).