NUCLEAR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN SOUTH ASIA: MANAGING

Among many possible Indian and Pakistani confidence-building measures (CBMs) are agreements that would assist each country avoid inadvertent nuclear war. Understanding the framework within which such CBMs could be created is, therefore, important. Based on a review of published literature, the structure of the Indian and Pakistani national command authorities is discussed in the paper. Select CBMs relevant for the safer operations of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear command structures are then discussed.