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A guide to india, pakistan, and the bombis available for free at nuclear south asia is the most comprehensive collection of perspectives regarding india. Hydropolitics and crossborder diplomacy an analysis of the political. Any raid by indian forces inside pakistan would risk a nuclear war in south asia as pakistan nuclear policies are crafted exclusively to counter any aggression from one neighboring state, unlike india who has to balance its conventional and nuclear capabilities for two nuclear neighbors. The next crisis may demand the samebut the global powers may be found wanting. Numerous nuclear threats and challenges face the asia pacific. Nuclear politics and strategy in south asia south asia journal. Abstract the south asian security environment is defined by indiapakistan relations.
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