China–India Nuclear Rivalry in the 'Second Nuclear Age'

This report presents the following nuclear weapons related treaties: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (LTBT) (1963), Treaty on the

If the situation on the Korean Peninsula does not escalate into war and the subsequent col- lapse of the Kim regime, we will likely see a number of strategic knock-on effects arising

28 As one Chinese scholar put it, the Middle East is far away, and China already has four nuclear- armed states as neighbours, in addition to being in range of the

On the other hand, were China to enhance its nuclear capability to, say, counter the US ABM shield (as indeed they have threatened to do), then India may be forced to

4.. Despite the fact that India and Pakistan have so far maintained delicate strategic stability based on nuclear deterrence, what people are most concerned about is crisis escalation

(China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) failed to reach a final agreement trading restrictions on Iran’s development of its nuclear

Conventional weapons are more usable than nuclear ones and could be directed at targets in Russia on the questionable assumption that Russia would not retaliate

The current nuclear force structures of India and China, built around these doctrinal principles, foster strategic stability.. However, contemporary global nuclear developments