South Asia's Cold War

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of âcold warâ â that is a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. Drawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs (United States-Soviet Union United States-China Soviet Union-China and United States-North Korea) the work examines the rise process and potential end of the cold war between India and Pakistan. It identifies the three factors driving the India-Pakistan rivalry: ideational factors stemming from partition; oppositional roles created by the distribution of power in South Asia; and the particular kind of relationship created by nuclear weapons. The volume assesses why India and Pakistan continue in non-crisis times to think about power and military force in outmoded ways embedded in pre-nuclear times and draws lessons applicable to them as well as to other contemporary nuclear powers and states that might be engaged in future cold wars. . Language: English