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The Non-Unitary Model And Deterrence Stability In South Asia

IN THIS ISSUE: Deterrence stability in South Asia, IAEA to outline further Iranian nuclear progress, N. Korea missile parts seized in Busan en route to Syria, reflections on a Mideast NWFZ, red balloon, Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg.

Published on November 15, 2012
 

The Non-Unitary Model And Deterrence Stability In South Asia

George Perkovich | Stimson Center

Zardari and Singh

The ideal goal of inducing India and Pakistan to abandon their nuclear arsenals and join the NPT as non-nuclear-weapon states is impractical, even if the US and others cannot publicly abandon it due to global considerations.

The priority now should be preventing war between India and Pakistan which could too easily escalate to nuclear exchanges. Indeed, deterrence stability is a better framework for conceptualizing and redressing the nuclear challenge in South Asia than is focusing on preventing "loose nukes" and nuclear terrorism.   Full Article



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