书目名称 | Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence Stability in South Asia |
编辑 | Devin T. Hagerty |
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概述 | Addresses how and why four India-Pakistan conflicts in the last two decades have been resolved without major war or use of nuclear weapons, and whether this "ugly stability" will continue.Develops rea |
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描述 | .This book examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan, two highly antagonistic South Asian neighbors who recently moved into their third decade of overt nuclear weaponization. It assesses the stability of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrence and argues that, while deterrence dampens the likelihood of escalation to conventional—and possibly nuclear—war, the chronically embittered relations between New Delhi and Islamabad mean that deterrence failure resulting in major warfare cannot be ruled out. Through an empirical examination of the effects of nuclear weapons during five crises between India and Pakistan since 1998, as well as a discussion of the theoretical logic of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrence, the book offers suggestions for enhancing deterrence stability between these two countries.. |
出版日期 | Book 2020 |
关键词 | deterrence theory; nuclear deterrence; nuclear proliferation; South Asia; Kashmir; terrorism; crisis behav |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21398-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-21398-5 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |