![]() | Fearful Symmetry: India-Pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons Subjects: India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan; Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India; Nuclear weapons -- India; Nuclear weapons -- Pakistan; India -- Politics and government -- 1977-; Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-; With the nuclearization of the Indian subcontinent, Indo-Pakistani crisis behavior has acquired a deadly significance. The past two decades have witnessed no fewer than six crises against the backdrop of a vigorous nuclear arms race. Except for the Kargil war of 1998-9, all these events were resolved peacefully. Sumit Ganguly is professor of political science and Rabindranath Tagore Chair of Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. Devin T. Hagerty is associate professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. |
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