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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823889203321

Autore

Carranza Mario Esteban

Titolo

India-Pakistan nuclear diplomacy : constructivism and the prospects for nuclear arms control and disarmament in South Asia / / Mario E. Carranza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4562-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Studies on Weapons of Mass Destruction Series

Disciplina

327.1/7470954

Soggetti

Nuclear disarmament - South Asia

Nuclear arms control - South Asia

India Foreign relations Pakistan

Pakistan Foreign relations India

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

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables; List of Figures; Maps; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: An Impossible Game; Chapter Three: International Relations Theories and Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Relations; Chapter Four: Explaining and Forecasting Nuclear Reversals in South Asia; Chapter Five: A Critique of US Nonproliferation Policy toward South Asia during the Bush and Obama Administrations; Chapter Six: Normalization and the Future of Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Relations; Chapter Seven: Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Using a constructivist model, this study brings nuclear arms control and disarmament back into the debates on the future of Indo-Pakistani relations. Constructivism recognizes the independent impact of international norms, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norm (NNPN), on India and Pakistan's nuclear behavior. Even though the NNPN does not legally bind them, it is reinforced at the global level, and may lead the South Asian rivals to move in the direction of nuclear arms control and disarmament, thus reducing the costs, dangers, and risks of an eternal strategic rivalry. After examining th