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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461930503321

Titolo

The China-India Nuclear Crossroads [[electronic resource] /] / Lora Saalman, editor & translator

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012

ISBN

1-283-83584-3

0-87003-304-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaalmanLora

Disciplina

327.54051

355.0217

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Government policy - China

Nuclear weapons - Government policy - India

Electronic books.

China Foreign relations India

India Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Bridging Historical Nuclear Gaps; Thinking Beyond Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy; Comparing Nuclear Pledges and Practice; Revisiting No First Use and Mininum Detterence; Linking Strategic Stability and Ballistic Missile Defense; Recalibrating Deterrence Theory and Practice; Parsing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Verifying Fissile Material Futures; Shoring Up the Nonproliferation Regime; Sizing Up the Nuclear Suppliers Group; Converging Nuclear Energy Programs

Building Mutual ConfidenceConclusion: Comparing the Comparable; Appendix; Index; Contributors; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Global power is shifting to Asia. The U.S. military is leading an American ""pivot"" to the Indo-Pacific region. Asian ""theaters"" attract the bulk of global arms spending. China, India, and Pakistan are building up their nuclear arsenals-as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom are building down. China is by far the world's largest ""market"" for new nuclear energy production, and India aspires to be



on a similar trajectory. Yet, despite these trends,  The China-India Nuclear Crossroads is the first serious book by leading Chinese and Indian experts to examine th