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India and Nuclear Disarmament
Author: Rajesh Basrur
Volume 6, Number 4 (Summer 2010), pp. 69-81.
Abstract
Notwithstanding its acquisition of nuclear weapons capability, India has adhered to a long-standing commitment to universal nuclear disarmament. Its optimism over recent global initiatives is clouded by the concern that these may well be discriminatory and biased toward nonproliferation. Currently, India continues to pursue the capabilities it feels are consistent with minimum deterrence. The prerequisites for its participation in the disarmament process include deep cuts by the United States and Russia, multilateral steps toward a convention committing all states to universal disarmament and toward the adoption of the principle of No First Use, and the involvement of China and Pakistan in the process. A key to facilitating India's participation would be its full transition from an outsider to an insider vis-à-vis the nonproliferation regime.
About the Author
Rajesh Basrur is Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has obtained MA and M Phil degrees in History (Delhi) and MA and PhD in Political Science (Bombay). Earlier, he was Associate Professor at RSIS (2007-09), Director, Centre for Global Studies, Mumbai, India (2000-2007), and taught History and Politics at the University of Mumbai (1978-2000). He has engaged in advanced research at the University of Hull (2009), RSIS (2006-07), Stanford University (2002-2003), Sandia National Laboratories (2002), the Brookings Institution (2001-2002), the Henry L. Stimson Center (2001), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995-96), and Simon Fraser University (1994). He is an Associate with the Pakistan Security Research Unit, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford; Associate Editor, India Review; member, International Board, Asian Security Monograph Series, Stanford University Press; and member, Editorial Advisory Board, South Asia in World Affairs Series, Georgetown University Press. israjesh@ntu.edu.sg.
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