چکیده:
Major nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998 changed the face of the region strategically. This development along with continued tensions in relations between India and Pakistan، developments in U.S. relations with India make the study of the consequences of the two countries’ nuclear program indispensable. This research will try to examine the implications of nuclear tests by India and Pakistan for the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research will show that Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests initially internationalized security environment in Iran’s eastern region. It also concludes that the region has become less secure as a result of the tests، further heightening international pressures on Iran’s nuclear program.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Keywords: Nuclearization, India, Pakistan, Nuclear Policy, National Security, Islamic Republic of Iran Associate Professor, School of International Relations in Tehran (smksajjad@sir.
The 2001 Defense Department Review of Proliferation Threats indicated that Indian and Pakistani strategic programs were continuing given their simultaneous efforts as the two states were in a period of intensified missile development and nuclear weapons; it can be labeled as ‘slow nuclear rivalry’ (Feickert and Kronstadt, 2003: 7).
With the creation of the nuclear club and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it was expected that no other country would acquire atomic bomb, but Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons produced a significant change in the region and the international system, making theorization necessary given the new dimensions of the nuclear question.
The effects of the nuclear weapons can be summarized in the following cases: 1- Advancing the goals in the Kashmir cause through a military solution; 2- Challenging the bilateral India- Afghanistan and Pakistan-Afghanistan relations; 3- Rising India- Pakistan rivalry in Afghanistan and subsequent crisis-making in the country; and 4- Continued proxy wars in the region with the support for nongovernmental groups allied with the Indian and Pakistani governments.
The Agreement has brought about a few implications: 1) Undermining the non-proliferation regime by the United States: In 1999 after India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests, the U.
Even after 1998, India and Pakistan have engaged in certain acts to develop their nuclear programs that have harmed Iran including Indian demands for the conclusion of a strategic agreement with the United States.