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Event

Now You See It, Now You Don't: India's Nuclear History

Tue, July 25th, 2000

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Presenter: Dr. George Perkovich, Director, Secure World Program at the W. Alton Jones Foundation, and author of India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation (1999)

Co-Chairs:
Mr. Benjamin Frankel, Editor, Security Studies

Mr. Jon Wolfsthal, Associate, Non-Proliferation Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Dr. George Perkovich, author of India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation (University of California Press: 1999), gave a thought-provoking presentation on India's nuclear history. He expounded on India's distinct, largely status-drive calculus on nuclear weapons, and the country's sensitivity to perceptions of foreign interference on sovereign decisions.

South AsiaMilitaryNuclear Policy

Event Speaker

Jon Wolfsthal
Former Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program
Jon Wolfsthal

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speaker

Jon Wolfsthal

Former Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program

Jon Wolfsthal was a nonresident scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program.

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