South Asia at the Nuclear Crossroads

South Asia at the Nuclear Crossroads

A Joint Publication of the Managing the Atom Project at Harvard University, the Fourth Freedom Forum, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

by Samina Ahmed and David Cortright

SOUTH ASIA AT A NUCLEAR CROSSROADS

• Challenges and Opportunities
  South Asian Nuclear Proliferation and U.S. National Security
  U.S. Nonproliferation Policy: Guidelines for the New Administration

SANCTIONS AND INCENTIVES

• Successful Influence Strategies
  Understanding Sanctions
  Using Incentives
  Carrots and Sticks

LEARNING FROM THE PAST

• The Perils of Inconsistency
  Imperfect Incentives
  Sanctioning Nuclear Proliferation
  From Pressure to Persuasion and Back Again
  Employing Carrots and Sticks

NUCLEAR TESTS AND THE US RESPONSE

• International Sanctions and Conditional Incentives
  Nonproliferation Progress
  Reversing Course

US POLICY OPTIONS

• Engaging with South Asia
  Potential Policy Options
  Arms Control and Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia
  Nonweaponization and Nondeployment
  A Nuclear-Free South Asia

PURSUING A NEW NONPROLIFERATION POLICY

• Identifying An Appropriate Influence Strategy
  Carrots and Sticks for India
  Carrots and Sticks for Pakistan
  Debt for Disarmament
  U.S. Policy and South Asia's Nuclear Future VII. Policy Recommendation