| Summary/Abstract |
Chirmi Kharay and Kavya Srivastava are putting up a study of the collaboration between China and Pakistan on nuclear technology applications in the context of US relations with Pakistan and taking into account Islamabad’s fear of India. The non-proliferation agenda of the United States was derailed by the close association between Beijing and Islamabad even though Pakistan remained an American ally throughout the Cold War period and provided essential support to the US proxy war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. The authors show that the evolving strategic equation between the USA, the USSR, and the People's Republic of China facilitated Pakistan's development of atomic weapons and allowed it to proliferate them in various countries despite half-hearted Western attempts to sanction the country.
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