Nuclearization of South Asia: Impacts on Regional Peace and Security Dr
Pakistan Social Sciences Review P-ISSN 2664-0422 September 2020, Vol. 4, No. III [1133-1148] O-ISSN 2664-0430 RESEARCH PAPER Nuclearization of South Asia: Impacts on Regional Peace and Security Dr. Zab-Un-Nisa 1 Gul-e-Zahra2 Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari 3 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Govt. Graduate College Samanabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan 2. Ph D Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan 3. M. Phil. International Relations, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan PAPER INFO ABSTRACT Received: The India and Pakistan conflict has suffered for six decades, a August 17, 2020 series of wars and crises design its course. The rapidly growing Accepted: Arms race among them poses a threat to regional stability in September 05, 2020 sense of Peace and security. Both states are entangled in a long- Online: standing security competition, most commonly globally September 30, 2020 recognized as a dispute the Kashmir is the nuclear war Keywords: Arms Race, flashpoint. There is a long timeline of armaments among both Kashmir, states since the partition. The security competition is an action- Nuclearization reaction spiral; this relationship is a classic example of a security Peace and Security, dilemma, whereby one state’s action causes insecurity to South Asian Stability, another. This security dilemma may lead to an Arms race among Corresponding two rivals. New Delhi often justifies its military builds-up postures China-centric but this is creating a security dilemma Author: among its neighboring countries especially in recent years Pakistan.
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