"No countries need nuclear risk reduction measures more than India and Pakistan. Since acquiring nuclear weapons, South Asia has experienced a succession of hair-raising crises, one limited border war that was defused by the intervention of President Bill Clinton, and a ten month-long standoff during 2002 in which nearly one million soldiers were at battle stations, poised to fight. This collection of essays by leading Indian, Pakistani, and Western analysts suggests pragmatic steps to reduce nuclear dangers on the Subcontinent. This unusual collaboration was facilitated by the Henry L. Stimson Center, which has pioneered the collaborative adaptation of measures developed in the West to the complexities of South Asia."--Jacket.

"A Henry L. Stimson Center book."

Is Cold War experience applicable to southern Asia? / Michael Krepon -- Nuclear restraint, risk reduction, and the security-insecurity paradox in south Asia / P.R. Chari -- Nuclear risk reduction in south Asia: building on common ground / Chris Gagné -- Missiles and nuclear risk-reduction measures / W.P.S. Sidhu -- Missile threat reduction and montioring / Kent L. Biringer -- Nuclear risk reduction and cooperative aerial observation / John H. Hawes and Teresita C. Schaffer -- Risk-reduction measures in Kashmir / Brian Cloughley -- Nuclear risk-reduction centers / Rafi uz Zaman Khan -- Missile defense: an Indian perspective / Rajesh M. Basrur -- Missile defense: a Pakistani perspective / Mutahir Ahmed -- Missile defense and strategic modernization in southern Asia / Arvind Kumar -- The challenges of nuclear minimalism / W. Lawrence Prabhakar -- Missile defense and the Asian cascade / Michael Krepon.