South Asia's Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and

An important reappraisal of the continuing conflict in South Asia, drawing an unprecedented parallel between the proliferation of nuclear arms in Pakistan and India and the spiralling tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Rajesh Basrur begins by re-examining the term ?Cold War?, focussing his enquiry on the problems of nation building and the tensions of a nuclear strategic relationship between nations. He investigates the plausibility of inflating ?Cold War? to a generic term by reviewing both the similarities and differences between the current conflict in South Asia and that which divided and defined political ideologies in the post war world. This book then assesses the role of political theoreticians and their role in helping to illuminate problems and draws key lessons from past conflicts. Basrur outlines his theory for a resolution to the conflict and the closely related instigation of healthy competition between India and Pakistan. Thisis a fresh and unique perspective, indispensable for anybody with a particular interest in South Asia and world stability and in the wider fields of security studies and international relations.

Rajesh M. Basrur is Assosicate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Thinking about cold wars	p. 1
Defining cold wars	p. 2
Theory, strategy, and policy	p. 4
Theoretical perspective and argument	p. 7
Relevance	p. 9
Outline of the book	p. 11
Patterns in cold war rivalry	p. 13
Ideational and material bases of cold wars	p. 13
Behaviour patterns among nuclear rivals	p. 17
The United States and the Soviet Union	p. 19
The United States and China	p. 22
China and the Soviet Union	p. 25
The United States and North Korea	p. 29
First lessons from cold war experiences	p. 31
South Asia's cold war: ideational and material sources	p. 36
Collective memory and identity	p. 36
Material dimension: structure and strategy in power politics	p. 47
Conclusion: the embedded dynamic of ideational and material structure	p. 52
The India-Pakistan nuclear relationship	p. 54
Conflict and cooperation: three crises in the nuclear shadow	p. 55
Conventional thinking and behaviour in the nuclear era	p. 63
The rival capabilities	p. 71
Systemic roles and external balancing	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 76
Anticipating cold war's end	p. 78
History, the materialist-ideational divide, and levels of analysis	p. 79
India and Pakistan: the peace process	p. 85
Gauging the prospects for India and Pakistan	p. 88
Conclusion	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 100
Lessons for and from India and Pakistan	p. 102
Implications for scholarship and policy	p. 108
International relations theory	p. 115
Notes	p. 119
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 165
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