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Challenges to nuclear stability in South Asia

Pages 59-74 | Published online: 05 Feb 2008

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  • This article was written while the author was a visiting fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. The author wishes to acknowledge valuable comments and suggestions by Leonard Spector and Gaurav Kampani. Special thanks are also due to Neil Joeck, Rodney Jones, Michael Krepon, and Gaurav Rajen. The views expressed here are, of course, entirely the author's and do not constitute those of the Pakistani government, any other agency, or of the reviewers and commentators.

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