Larry M. Wortzel and Dana R. Dillon

Larry M. Wortzel is director and Dana R. Dillon is a policy analyst on Southeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. In the following viewpoint, Wortzel and Dillon contend that the United States should not make agreements with India that would jeopardize U.S. national security. The authors maintain that India should be viewed as a grave security threat because of its ongoing efforts to develop more sophisticated nuclear weapons. Wortzel and Dillon believe that India is using its nuclear weapons capabilities to demonstrate that it is a world power and as such deserves a seat on the United Nations Security Council. If America accedes to India&rsquo...