Conclusion To State That The South Asian Situation Pertaining To Nuclear

Conclusion
To state that the South Asian situation pertaining to nuclear arms is dangerous is to state a political fact. The danger, at present, is located firmly within that geopolitical region with none of the three major protagonists in possession of sufficient warheads to pose a serious military threat to the West at this stage. However, for as long as the three countries continue to research, develop and even test new types of atomic bombs, then the future will look increasingly bleak. China in particular is a grave threat to the global dominance of the United States as the economic and industrial output of the nation is currently outstripping the only remaining international superpower. Coupled with the world's largest land army, China will, without doubt, become the nexus of global agreement and discord throughout the remainder of the century.
However, to believe that the democracy of India somehow acts as a balance in between the other two authoritarian nuclear powers in South Asia is incorrect. Democracy as it is understood in the West is lacking in India, whose geography alone makes comparisons with the West obsolete, as McLane (1970:161) underlines. Regionalism, like communalism hampered nationalist attempts to build a unified India.
India, like Pakistan and China, is controlled largely by local economic and political concerns with a central government that has little remit throughout the subcontinent. Ultimately, in a world that has hitherto been dominated by European and American issues, the concern over South Asia is one of comprehension as much as intrastate rivalry.
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