Vishwanathan, Arun
(2013)
Sino-Pak nuclear and missile collaboration: Implications for India.
Defence and Security Alert, 5 (1).
pp. 32-34.
| Abstract: |
Cost-benefit analysis is an intrinsic part of international relations and integral to understanding behaviour of states and the choices they make. Countries always try to find ways of maximising benefit while minimising their costs. China has put this strategy to good use while providing assistance to Pakistan in the nuclear and missile domain. By providing assistance to the Pakistani nuclear weapons programme, China – at least cost – has attempted to counter the Indian nuclear capabilities. The Chinese assistance can be seen as part of a larger attempt to tie down India to its Western neighbour, thereby thwarting New Delhi’s regional ambitions. In doing so, China and Pakistan seem to have put into practice, Kautilya’s maxim “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” |
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| Subjects: |
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme > International Relations |
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Schools > International Strategic and Security Studies Programme |
| Date Deposited: |
09 Sep 2015 07:23 |
| Last Modified: |
09 Sep 2015 07:23 |
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