Contents:
Preface;
Introduction-Bhumitra Chakma;
Part I Nuclear Deterrence and South Asia:
Conceptual and Practical Dimensions:
Two decades of minimum deterrence in South Asia: a comparative framework, Rajesh M. Basrur;
The road from Pokhran II, Sumit Ganguly;
The Pakistani nuclear deterrent, Bhumitra Chakma.
Part II Doctrinal Developments: India's nuclear doctrine:
10 years since the Kargil conflict, Swaran Singh;
Pakistan's post-test nuclear use doctrine, Bhumitra Chakma.
Part III Nuclear Politics:
Extra-Regional Linkages and Consequences:
The China factor in South Asian nuclear politics, Binoda Kumar Mishra;
South Asia's nuclear deterrence and the USA, Bhumitra Chakma;
Nuclear proliferation in South Asia and its impact on regional cooperation, Nishchal Nath Pandey and Bhumitra Chakma.
Part IV Confidence-Building and Nuclear Arms Control:
'I had gone to Lahore with a message of goodwill but in return we got Kargil': the promise and perils of 'leaps of trust' in India-Pakistan relations, Nicholas J. Wheeler;
Nuclear confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan: possible alternatives, Zafar Nawaz Jaspal;
Addressing nuclear dangers: confidence building between India, China and Pakistan, Dipankar Banerjee;
Nuclear arms control challenges in South Asia, Bhumitra Chakma; Bibliography;
Index.