1141. Preventing a South Asian Arms Race
- Author:
- Kevin O'Neill
- Publication Date:
- 05-1998
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS)
- Abstract:
- India’s five nuclear tests, conducted during the week of May 11, 1998, and indications from Pakistan that it may test nuclear weapons clearly show that international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia have failed. The Clinton administration, which quietly acknowledged the nuclear weapons-capability of India and Pakistan even before India’s tests, must now openly address a possible nuclear arms race on the subcontinent.
- Topic:
- Nuclear Weapons, Weapons, and Arms Race
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan, South Asia, and India