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Is Nuclear Nonproliferation in the U.S. Interest? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Jed C. Snyder |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 2,280 Words, 14,663 Characters |
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It has been regarded as axiomatic that the spread of nuclear weapons beyond the acknowledged Club of Five would be detrimental to international security and therefore the United States must take a leading role in preventing that spread. Changes in the landscape of world politics, however, have blurred what once appeared to be clear-cut, easily definable, and achievable security policy goals. Increasingly, a rigorous stance against the proliferation of nuclear weapons has conflicted with more imperative American policy concerns. Nowhere is this conflict more obvious than in the U.S. approach to security on the Indian subcontinent, where an American ally, Pakistan, has been covertly pursuing a nuclear weapon while publicly assuring the White House that its nuclear program is peaceful.
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...e developing a mutually threatening military-nuclear capability. If we are able to convince the governments in New Delhi and Islamabad to publicly acknowledge the true nature of their nuclear research, and then agree to set very low, verifiable limits on their arsenals, we will have struck a more sensible blow for arms control than the sophomoric condemnations now being uttered on Capitol Hill.
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