Authors :
Ayush Mohan
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/59k7u887
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8282966
Abstract :
The South Asian region has long been held
hostage to strategic uncertainty owing to the bellicose ties
between its two biggest constituents, India and Pakistan.
The nuclear status of these two countries poses grave
dangers to the existential security of the region at large
and has a direct destabilizing effect. Interestingly, the role
of China has grown significantly in he nuclear security
mix of the region in recent years. This aspects of nuclear
security vis-a-vis the political games played by nuclear
nations amidst the small states in a post colonial region
that doesn’t pay heed to its cultural milieu needs to be
taken into examination. The continental security
challenge faced by India on accounts of the Chinese
incursion and the role of deterrence should also be taken
into account. The papers begins by addressing the
dynamics of India and Pakistan in the nuclear mix and
also analyses China’s standpoint in the region. It shifts to
critically explicate the shared dynamics of the three
powers in the region leading to the variable of
security/insecurity. Towards the end the paper would
lead to address the dimensions of hard power politics
which stands in contrast to the critical school of analysis
and how in the name of perceived ‘national interest’,
South Asia is embroiled in a fearful hellfire that might
lead unimaginable consequences.
Keywords :
India, Pakistan, China, Nuclear, South Asia.
The South Asian region has long been held
hostage to strategic uncertainty owing to the bellicose ties
between its two biggest constituents, India and Pakistan.
The nuclear status of these two countries poses grave
dangers to the existential security of the region at large
and has a direct destabilizing effect. Interestingly, the role
of China has grown significantly in he nuclear security
mix of the region in recent years. This aspects of nuclear
security vis-a-vis the political games played by nuclear
nations amidst the small states in a post colonial region
that doesn’t pay heed to its cultural milieu needs to be
taken into examination. The continental security
challenge faced by India on accounts of the Chinese
incursion and the role of deterrence should also be taken
into account. The papers begins by addressing the
dynamics of India and Pakistan in the nuclear mix and
also analyses China’s standpoint in the region. It shifts to
critically explicate the shared dynamics of the three
powers in the region leading to the variable of
security/insecurity. Towards the end the paper would
lead to address the dimensions of hard power politics
which stands in contrast to the critical school of analysis
and how in the name of perceived ‘national interest’,
South Asia is embroiled in a fearful hellfire that might
lead unimaginable consequences.
Keywords :
India, Pakistan, China, Nuclear, South Asia.
