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Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation: The Case of India-Pakistan

Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation: The Case of India-Pakistan

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Series: Asian Security Studies

General Political ScienceWeapons of Mass Destruction

ISBN10: 0415577829
ISBN13: 9780415577823
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 1 2010
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This new volume explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict.

The book argues that the significance of the possession of nuclear weapons in conflict resolution has been previously overlooked. Saira Khan argues that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states keeps conflicts alive indefinitely, as they are maintained by frequent crises and low-to-medium intensity violence, rather than escalating to full-scale wars. This theory therefore emphasises the importance of nuclear weapons in both war-avoidance and peace-avoidance. The book opens with a section explaining its theory of conflict transformation with nuclear weapons, before testing this against the case study of the India--Pakistan protracted conflict in South Asia.

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