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George Perkovich
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Verghese Koithara’s “Managing India’s Nuclear Forces”
In the book “Managing India’s Nuclear Forces,” Verghese Koithara explores the real-life challenges of nuclear maturity with clinical insight and exemplary balance.
Published on Jun 6, 2014
Source: Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
When India tested nuclear weapons in May 1998, its national security establishment and much of the urban population celebrated. India had arrived as a major power.
Now it could stand up to China, rectify Western nuclear apartheid, and put Pakistan behind it.Nuclear deterrence would make Pakistan's leaders accept that war was no longer an option for coercing India to give in on Kashmir or other demands...
The full book review of Verghese Koithara's Managing India's Nuclear Forces was originally published in the Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, Volume 26, Issue 2, 2014.
About the Author
George Perkovich
Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow
George Perkovich is the Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program. He works primarily on nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and is leading a study on nuclear signaling in the 21st century.
- How to Assess Nuclear ‘Threats’ in the Twenty-First Century
- “A House of Dynamite” Shows Why No Leader Should Have a Nuclear TriggerCommentary
George Perkovich
Recent Work
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.
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