How can the international community mitigate the risk of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan, without legitimizing their weapons? Kai presents a concluding analysis on the dynamics of nuclear deterrence in South Asia.
A basic assumption of nuclear deterrence is that through mutually assured destruction, nuclear weapons prevent war. But do the characteristics that made deterrence successful during the Cold War, apply to South Asia? In the first of a two part series, Kai evaluates how nuclear deterrence may play in the enduring Indo-Pak theater.