South Asia Nuclear Crisis

Coverage in Disarmament Diplomacy

The misbegotten US-India nuclear deal, In the News, Disarmament Diplomacy, No.82, Spring 2006
India tests Agni II missile, In the News Disarmament Diplomacy, No.78, July/August 2004.
Hesitant Rapprochement, Wary Diplomacy in South Asia, News Review, May - July 2003
Diplomatic Thaw Raises Hopes in South Asia , News Review Special Edition, April 1 - May 10, 2003
Further Escalation of Political, Nuclear Tensions in South Asia, News Review Special Edition, February 1 - April 1, 2003
Chilling Nuclear Rhetoric, Ongoing Nuclearisation in South Asia, News Review Special Edition, November 15 - February 1, 2003
Limited Troop Withdrawals Ease Tension in South Asia , News Review Special Edition, October 1 - November 15, 2002
Missile Tests, Fresh Tension in South Asia, News Review, August - October 2002
September 2002: 'That Terrible Pinnacle': Efforts to Move Beyond Nuclear Crisis Management in South Asia
July - August 2002: India and Pakistan Camped on Brink of War over Kashmir
May - June 2002: Musharraf Aims to Reassure on Nuclear Danger
March - April 2002: Missile Tests and Military Tension In South Asia
January - February 2002: International Concern over Danger of Conflict in South Asia
September 2001: US Lifts 1998 South Asia Sanctions
July - August 2001: No Summit Breakthrough in South Asia as US Reviews Sanctions
June 2001: South Asia Sanctions Under Spotlight
May 2001: South Asia Nuclear Crisis: Latest Comment & Developments
April 2001: Pakistan Talks Up CTBT
March 2001: South Asia Nuclear Crisis
February 2001: India Tests Missile, Receives Uranium
December 2000 - January 2001: South Asia Nuclear Crisis

Disarmament Documentation

'No Longer Does The United States Fixate On India's Nuclear Weapons And Missile Programmes': Speech by Robert D. Blackwill, Outgoing US Ambassador to India, July 17
Indian Statement on 'Operationalisation' of Nuclear Doctrine, January 4
December - January 2002: India-Pakistan Crisis: Statements & Comment
October - November 2001: Concern over Pakistan Nuclear Weapons
September 2001: Speech on US-Indian Nuclear Policy
May 2001: Statement by Indian Anti-Nuclear Movement

Opinion and Analysis, Disarmament Diplomacy

September 2002: Deterrence or a Deadly Game? Nuclear Propaganda and Reality in South Asia, by Achin Vanaik
March - April 2002: Fostering Nuclear Transparency in South Asia through Cooperative Remote Sensing Projects , by Gaurav Rajen
March 2001: Nuclear Cooperation in South Asia, by Gaurav Rajen and Ken Biringer.
February 2001: Nuclear Command-and-Control in South Asia, by Shaun Gregory

Developments in 2000

November 2000: Arms Control in South Asia: What Next?, by Robert Hathaway
November 2000: India Nuclear Disarmament Convention
November 2000: Indian Official on Nuclear Doctrine
October 2000: Failing the test in South Asia, by Achin Vanaik
October 2000: South Asia Nuclear Diplomacy
September 2000: South Asia Nuclear Diplomacy
March 2000: President Clinton's Visit to South Asia
March 2000: Vajpayee/Musharraf Interviews
February 2000: Exchange of Letters Between General Musharraf and Senator Tim Johnson
February 2000: Pakistan Announces Nuclear-Weapons Command-and-Control Mechanism
January 2000: Jaswant Singh-Strobe Talbott Discussions, London

Developments in 1999

November 1999: Interview with Jaswant Singh
August 1999: India Draft Nuclear Doctrine and Pakistan Response
April 1999 India and Pakistan: Ballistic Missile Tests

India and Pakistan Nuclear Tests, 1998

Relevant Links

Government of India, http://www.indiagov.org
Government of Pakistan, http://www.pak.gov.pk
The South Asian Network, http://www.southasia.net
The official site of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), http://www.south-asia.com/saarc
Himal, The South Asian magazine (an excellent forum for anti-nuclear views and Analysis), http://www.himalmag.com
Nuclear Control Institute special page on India & Pakistan (contains many other excellent links), http://www.nci.org/nci/ind-pak.htm

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