India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia

This paper assists in understanding contesting technological capabilities and doctrinal modification between India and Pakistan that are drifting South Asia towards instability, leaving the nuclear deterrence in a dark abyss. Hawks on both sides of the nuclear armed rivals are unprecedentedly chanti...

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主要な著者: Ali, Iftikhar, Sidhu, Jatswan Singh
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spelling my.um.eprints.424522023-10-07T03:47:14Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/42452/ India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia Ali, Iftikhar Sidhu, Jatswan Singh JZ International relations This paper assists in understanding contesting technological capabilities and doctrinal modification between India and Pakistan that are drifting South Asia towards instability, leaving the nuclear deterrence in a dark abyss. Hawks on both sides of the nuclear armed rivals are unprecedentedly chanting threats of nuclear war. More bothersome is the indications of shifting the Indian policy of No First Use (NFU), calls for doctrinal modifications and counterforce temptations. An Indian quest for escalation dominance and Pakistani quest for stability against India is in fact a mutual struggle beyond `minimum credible' to `assured second strike' capabilities. SAGE Publications Inc 2022-05 Article PeerReviewed Ali, Iftikhar and Sidhu, Jatswan Singh (2022) India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57 (3). pp. 424-445. ISSN 0021-9096, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211019075 <https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211019075>. 10.1177/00219096211019075
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Ali, Iftikhar
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India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia
description This paper assists in understanding contesting technological capabilities and doctrinal modification between India and Pakistan that are drifting South Asia towards instability, leaving the nuclear deterrence in a dark abyss. Hawks on both sides of the nuclear armed rivals are unprecedentedly chanting threats of nuclear war. More bothersome is the indications of shifting the Indian policy of No First Use (NFU), calls for doctrinal modifications and counterforce temptations. An Indian quest for escalation dominance and Pakistani quest for stability against India is in fact a mutual struggle beyond `minimum credible' to `assured second strike' capabilities.
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title_short India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia
title_full India's doctrinal modifications: Counterforce temptations in South Asia
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