POST-POKHRAN NUCLEAR POLITICS: Fresh Perspectives on Indo-US Relations

This important volume reveals the inner complexes of Indo-US relations set off by the recent nuclear tests at Pokhran. It analyzes the fundamentals on which the relations stand, giving an insight into the economic aspect as well. A breath of fresh air is brought in by highlighting the role of the Indian American community in trying to bring the two countries closer. Widespread suspicion of American intentions towards India are juxtaposed with the American images of India as a ‘revisionist state’ bent on restructuring the established nuclear architecture at the cost of the super power’s global interests.
The rationale of India’s nuclear tests and the evolving nuclear policy, and follow-up actions by both countries are documented, and corresponding trends are analytically reviewed. Again, issues including the environment that promote or impinge on their cooperative relations as well as factors intertwined with pre- and post-test developments are examined.
A useful feature of this book is the large section of appendices documenting selected parts of valuable unpublished reports of influential American think-tanks, India’s policy makers, and activists of pro- and anti-test persuasion. It should prove to be an essential source book for foreign policy and strategic analysts and those interested in this rather less explored area of nuclear politics agitating India and the US.