Author: Garima Singh
Publisher: Lancer Publishers
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 111
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170622131
Description
Non-proliferation concerns have often been shrugged off by nations for short-term and short-sighted strategic interests. The present relationship between Pakistan and the US is a case in point. Though a member of the NPT, coupled with non-proliferation as its foreign policy, the US has been turning a blind eye to Pakistan’s long and avid quest for nuclear weapons-primarily to serve its own short-term strategic interests in the region. Pakistan, well aware of this, has exploited the situation to full.
The focus of this work is to determine whether the Western experts’ apprehensions on the safety and security of Pakistan’s nuclear installations and fissile material are well founded or an exaggeration. The decades-old nuclear trade between Pakistan and other countries has also been discussed with a view to highlighting the fact that A Q Khan’s proliferation linkages did not come as a surprise to the US, emphasizing the point that Washington had been turning a blind eye to the nuclear linkages and programmes for its own strategic interests. The study also holds the NPT has been unsuccessful in controlling nuclear proliferation and suggests ways to curb further proliferation.
Observer Research Foundation is a public policy think-tank that aims to influence formulation of policies for building a strong and prosperous India. ORF pursues these goals by providing informed and productive inputs, in-depth research and stimulating discussions. The Foundation is supported in its mission by a cross-section of India’s leading public figures, academics and business leaders.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Nuclear Weapons Programme: A Profile
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Are They Safe?
Nuclear Proliferation: The Nexus
Pakistan and US Non-Proliferation Policy
ANNEXURE