India Pakistan China

India, Pakistan and China are three actors whose strategic perspectives tangle with other. The nuclear and missile factors are becoming increasingly impor tant factors in determining the security of South Asia. In the 1990s, Indian diplomacy will be tested further by the already established Sino-Pakistan strategic relationship.

The 1990s are fast approaching and India has to reshape both her defence and foreign policy options. What will be the impact of the test firing of the Agni missile on both Pakistan and China as also the United States? How long can India remain sanguine about the Soviet Chinese relationship? These issues are examined in this study.

Since, it is the United States and its Western allies that crusade against nuclear and missile proliferation even as its ally, Pakistan, procures both capabili ties, the book sets the theme by starting out with an examination of US decision making an nuclear proliferation during the Carter and Reagan phases. It then proceedes to examine how Washington and its presently strained relations with Beijing would factor into the Indo Pakistan relationship. The unviability of a mutual inspection procedure between India and Pakistan is also examined. A novel aspect of the book is the study of second tier suppliers. of nuclear technology, an obsession in some corridors in Washington. In short, this study is a modest attempt at looking at the defence and nuclear tangle in South Asia.