U.S.-India Tensions

Misperceptions on Nuclear Proliferation

Bibliographic Data

ID9819372
AuthorsDeepa M Ollapally (corresponding author), Deepa Ollapally, Raja Ramanna
Year1995
Volume74
Issue1
Pages13
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/20047015
OpenAlexW2590573897
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Nonproliferation Treaty, that India is vulnerable to technology-denying efforts, and that it can be equated with its neigh bor, Pakistan. These perceptions take on added import because of the assumption by American policymakers that South Asia is the most dangerous nuclear hot spot. Implicitly, India's image also con tinues to be that of a revisionist state des tined to be at odds with the United States, a status quo global power. These are misperceptions that deserve atten tion, as only four months remain for con structive dialogue before the npt conference convenes to review the expir ing 30-year-old treaty. The npt has come to represent the core of U.S. nonproliferation efforts. The Clinton administration has promised to spare no effort to get an indefinite exten sion. The United States sees India's con tinuing opposition to signing what New Delhi considers an inherently discrimina tory npt as symptomatic of India's ten dency to obstruct global arms control efforts. This view, however, discounts India's numerous disarmament initiatives (in the United Nations and elsewhere) and its adherence to the principles that underlie the npt

Development economics · Economics · Nuclear proliferation · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense

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