Chapter 1

1. Anne Applebaum suggests that it is “borderline racist” to argue that people in India and Pakistan are more likely to start a nuclear war than Europeans and Americans because they do not have a full comprehension of such a war’s destructiveness. Do you agree or disagree with her assessment? Is there evidence for or against such prejudice in the viewpoints by Sam Gardiner and Praful Bidwai?
2. Matthew Parris argues that removing all nuclear weapons from South Asia would leave the region a more dangerous place. Praful Bidwai asserts that nuclear abolition is a necessary first step to regional security. What is the main difference in these authors’ reasoning that leads them to these opposite conclusions?
3. Muqtedar Khan urges U.S. intervention between India and Pakistan while Charles Glass advocates action by the United Nations. Could both pathways of...