India and Nuclear Testing

Reshmi Kazi

Archive data: Person was Associate Fellow at IDSA Joined IDSA September 2007 Expertise India’s nuclear weapon policy, nuclear non-proliferation studies, nuclear security, nuclear terrorism and global nuclear disarmament.  Also follow… Continue reading India and Nuclear Testing read more

In his April 5 speech in Prague, President Barack Obama made a renewed pledge to push the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as a practical and immediate step to ‘seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons’. However, global efforts to attain Global Zero as spearheaded by Obama have been interrupted by the refusal of the United States and China to ratify the treaty. The CTBT is also contingent on the approval of the threshold nuclear weapons states – India, Pakistan, and Israel – who have refused to sign and ratify the treaty. The basic contention of these states is that enforcement of this treaty will inherently cap the option of nuclear testing for the upgradation of their nuclear arsenal.