The Elephant in the Room: The Soviet Union and India’s Nuclear Program, 1967-1989
NPIHP Working Paper #1. If India had presented the world with a nuclear fait accompli, the eminent Indian journalist Amalendu Das Gupta mused in 1987, “the Americans and their allies would have been angry; the Russians would have been unhappy." His choice of words succinctly expressed the ambivalent attitude the Soviet leadership had toward India’s nuclear weapon program.
About the Author
Balázs Szalontai
Associate Professor of North Korean Studies at Korea University, Sejong Campus, Republic of Korea.
Balazs Szalontai is a scholar in modern Korean, Southeast Asian, Mongolian, and East European history. He is Associate Professor of North Korean Studies at Korea University, Sejong Campus, Republic of Korea.
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