Enhancing Indo-Us Strategic Cooperation

by Singh Sidhu,Waheguru Pal

• ISBN13: 9780198294092
• ISBN10: 0198294093
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This work argues that a carrot-and-stick policy is likely to be more effective than a stick-only approach in curbing India's nuclear ambitions. Increased strategic cooperation between India and the US is the ideal incentive, but the author argues that such cooperation is unlikely in the immediate future.

Author Biography

Dr Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu is a Warren Weaver Fellow with the Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA. He is a History graduate from St Stephen's College, Delhi University, India, and completed his Masters in International Relations at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and his PhD from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England. He worked as a journalist with several of India's leading newspapers and magazines, including Indian Express, India Today, Business Standard, and Outlook. He is actively involved in security and foreign-policy issues and diplomacy in South Asia.

Table of Contents

List of maps	p. 5
Glossary	p. 7
Introduction Defiance versus Accommodation	p. 11
A Rationale for India's Nuclear Option	p. 15
National-Security Concerns	p. 15
The Technical and Scientific Impetus	p. 21
Symbols of Prestige	p. 27
Domestic Pressures	p. 28
Conditions for Cooperation	p. 32
The Indo-US Cooperative Experience	p. 37
A Brief History of Indo-US Cooperation	p. 37
Indo-US Cooperation in the 1980s	p. 39
The MOU Experience	p. 42
Factors That Limited Cooperation	p. 47
A Quid Pro Quo?	p. 50
Prospects for Indo-US Strategic Cooperation	p. 53
Recognition of India's Strategic Status	p. 54
Potential Areas of Cooperation	p. 56
The 'Privatised' Relationship	p. 70
Conclusion: A Snail-paced Partnership?	p. 73
Notes	p. 79
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