India and Pakistan

Why nuclear tests in 1998 took place? Brahma Chellany, Professor of Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi puts three major motivations for India: non-proliferation pressures; Chinese nuclear capabilities; tension with Pakistan cooped with Pakistani developing nuclear capacity supported by China; and failure of Global nuclear disarmament . Brahma mentions, that ‘India has been a prime target of the CTBT and the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT). The two measures are part of a ‘dragnet strategy’ to capture those in the NPT. The CTBT was a key catalyst in the Indian decision to become an overt weapon state … The CTBT made India acutely ...