The introduction of nuclear weapons into the national defense structures of Pakistan and India in 1998 has not brought an era of peace and stability…
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Summary A.Q. Khan was the world’s leading black market dealer in nuclear technology, described by a former CIA Director as “at least as dangerous as…
Summary Following revelations in 2003 about the illicit sale of Pakistani nuclear technology to Iran and Libya, Pakistan initiated an investigation. On February 4, 2004,…
Summary Japan’s Nuclear Option: Security, Politics, and Policy in the 21st Century is the culmination of a joint US-Japan task force assembled to examine the…
Summary On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern…
Summary This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan’s stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U.S. nuclear…
From the publisher: Blending history, science, and gripping storytelling, Strong in the Rain brings the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 and its…
Summary On May 11, 1998, after a hiatus of more than two decades, India conducted a series of nuclear tests that signaled a critical shift…
Summary On May 11, 1998, three nuclear devices detonated under the Thar Desert in India shook the surrounding villages –and the rest of the world.…
Abstract Since independence, India’s nuclear policy has been to seek either global disarmament or equal security for all. The old nonproliferation regime was discriminatory, ratifying…
Summary This book provides an important picture of India’s nuclear intentions and capabilities at the beginning of the 21st century. Academic and governmental experts from…
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Summary Nuclear power has been held out as possibly the most important source of energy for India. And the dream of a nuclear-powered India has…
Summary In May 1998, India shocked the world–and many of its own citizens–by detonating five nuclear weapons in the Rajasthan desert. Why did India bid…
Summary This book examines nuclear proliferation in the two major threshold countries in the Indian subcontinent, India and Pakistan. Both countries are at the forefront…
