Strategic Ambiguities in Indian Nuclear Doctrine Implications for Pakistan&apos;s Security

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Author(s): Umar Hayat Luk

Publication date (Print): 2016

Journal: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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Keywords: Draft Nuclear Doctrine, India, Credible Minimum Nuclear Deterrence, No First Use, Command and Control

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Keywords: India,Command and Control,No First Use,Draft Nuclear Doctrine,Credible Minimum Nuclear Deterrence

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[1] Abraham, Itty. The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Post Colonial State . London and NY: Z Books, 1998.

[2] Chari, P. R. ‘India's Nuclear Doctrine: Confused Ambitions.’ The Non-Proliferation Review (Winter 2000) accessed April 10, 2015, http://cns.miis.edu/npr/pdfs/73chari.pdf.

[3] Cheema, Zafar Iqbal. “The Role of NW in Pakistan's Defence Strategy,” IPRI (Summer 2004).

[4] Jaspal, Zafar Nawaz. “Assessment of Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Doctrine.” In Arms Race and Nuclear Developments in South Asia . Edited by Pervez Iqbal Cheema. Islamabad: IPRI, 2005.

[5] Jaspal, Zafar Nawaz. Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures and Restraint Regime in South Asia . Delhi and Colombo: Manohar Publishers, 2004.

[6] Karnad, Bharat. Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy . New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd, 2002.

[7] Khan, Khurshid. “Deterrence Stability, Security Doctrines and Escalation Control in South Asia,” IPRI Journal XIII, no. 2 (Summer, 2013). Accessed March 23, 2015. http://www.ipripak.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/art3khu.pdf.

[8] Khan, Mohammad Umar. “A Critical Analysis of India's Nuclear Doctrine.” The Nuclear Debate Strategic Issues: The Institute for Strategic Studies . Islamabad, March 2000.

[9] Khan, Zahid Ali. “Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal: The Gainer and the Loser.” South Asian Studies 28, no. 1 (January – June 2013).

[10] Ladwig III, Walter C., “Indian Military Modernization and Conventional Deterrence in South Asia,” The Journal of Strategic Studies (2015). Accessed April 10, 2015. http://users.ox.ac.uk/∼mert1769/Conventional%20Deterrence%20in%20South%20Asia.pdf.

[11] Nanda, Ravi. Strategic Compulsions of Nuclear India . New Delhi: Lancers Books, 1998.

[12] Perkovich, George. India's Nuclear Bomb: Impact on Global Proliferation . Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, Berkley, 1999.

[13] Rajain, Arpit. Nuclear Deterrence in Southern Asia . New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2005.

[14] Rehman, S.M. “Nuclear Sanity- Sub-continental Peace Imperative.” Journal of National Development and Security 13, no.1 (Autumn 2003).

[15] Sidhu, Pal Singh. “India's Nuclear Use Doctrine.” In Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons , edited by Peter R. Lavoy, Scott D. Sagan and James J. Wirtz. New York and London: Cornell University Press, 2000.

[16] Sunderji, General K. “India's Nuclear Weapon Policy, Nuclear Rivalry and International Orders.” In Nuclear Rivalry and International Order . Edited by John and Olav Njolstad. London: SAGE Publications, 1996).

[17] Suryanarayan, V. “Reflections on India's Nuclear Policy during the Nehru Era.” South Asian Analysis Group , Paper no. 3711 (2010).