Title: India's Nuclear
Policy: Past History and Future Prospects
Submitted by: Dr. Mohammed
Badrul Alam, Miyazaki International College, Japan
With the nuclear explosion conducted
by India in 1998 ( to be subsequently followed up by its neighbour, Pakistan),
the nuclear debate in the sub-continent has again come to the front burner.
Although, India tested in 1974 ,what it termed as " peaceful nuclear explosions",
for the first time, India has proclaimed itself to be a nuclear weapons
state with the declaration of a nuclear doctrine.
My paper will examine the roots
of India's nuclear policy from India's independence in 1947 up to the
present and evaluate India's stand on NPT and CTBT. As India moves into
the 21st century, what shape will the nuclear policy of India take? What
will be the outcome of such policies in the regional sector as well as
in the international scene? Is there a possibility for the emergence of
a nuclear non-proliferation regime in South Asia? The paper will attempt
to provide answers to the above questions in addition to forecasting a
probable scenario for the immediate future.
Carol Burnett
Asialink
The University of Melbourne
Parkville 3052
Victoria AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 - 3 - 9349 1899
Fax : 61 - 3 - 9347 1768
Email: c.burnett@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
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