eprintid: 4122
rev_number: 30
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type: workingPaper
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creators_name: Alam, Mohammed B.
title: India’s Nuclear Doctrine : Context and Constraints
ispublished: pub
subjects: 320
divisions: 702000
divisions: 999904
keywords: India , International Relations , Nuclearisation , Nuclear Doctrine , Foreign Affairs
cterms_swd: Indien
cterms_swd: Internationale Politik
cterms_swd: Atomstrategie
cterms_swd: Außenpolitik / Entscheidungsprozess
abstract: Ever since India achieved independence in 1947, its response to global nuclear non-proliferation measures has been a dominant theme in the country’s overall evolution of nuclear policy. However, India conducted a nuclear test in 1974, which it termed a ‘peaceful nuclear explosion’ and in 1998, India conducted a full-scale nuclear test and subsequently claimed to have attained nuclear capability. The purpose of this article is to critically evaluate key elements of India’s draft nuclear doctrine. The draft was presented to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet in August 1999 and released later for public debate by the National Security Advisory Board.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2002
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00004122
portal_cluster_id: p-hdpaper
portal_order: 11
ppn_swb: 164377090X
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-41227
language: eng
bibsort: ALAMMOHAMMINDIASNUCL2002
full_text_status: public
series: Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics
volume: 1
issn: 1617-5069
citation:   Alam, Mohammed B.  (2002) India’s Nuclear Doctrine : Context and Constraints.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/4122/1/hpsacp11.pdf