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100			_aChari, P.R.
245			_aLimited war under nuclear shadow
260			_c2004
300			_ap.21-34.
362			_aJan-Mar
520			_aIt requires no great perspicacity to conclude that regional stability in South Asia has worsened after the Indo-Pak nuclear tests. It was expected that this event would lead to diminished tensions and instabilities and greater deterrence stability. This has not occurred. Indeed, the Kargil conflict and massive border mobilisation of troops by India and Pakistan in 2001-02, highlight their ready willingness to incur very large risks under the aegis of the imperfect nuclear deterrent. This presages crisis instability in South Asia. Nuclearisation has not induced any moderation, either, in leadership behaviour; it has, instead, accenturated their risk-taking propensities for domestic political reasons. - Reproduced.
650			_aWar
650			_aNuclear warfare
650			_aInternational relations
773			_aMargin
909			_a60288
999			_c60288 _d60288