A relevância de um arsenal nuclear para a soberania da Índia

Abstract

It is worth mentioning that India is an emerging economy that is taking great strides towards becoming one of the largest in the world this century. This fact corroborates the realization of the ambitious dreams that have driven this country since the period of decolonization in 1947. However, India participated in ethnic and geopolitical conflicts that marked the second half of the 20th century, mainly against Pakistan. Given this and supported mainly by the ideas of Khan (1960), Freedman (1983), Huntington (1996), Regiani (2018) and Ferreira (2007, 2008, 2009), given the foundation of India maintaining its independence and autonomy before the its national sovereignty and maintain the momentum of its economic development, we seek as a final result of this work to test the correlation between the hostile relationship between India and Pakistan and the development of the Indian nuclear program. We hope that the results lead to a more specific understanding of the relevance of a nuclear arsenal for India's sovereignty, linked to the need for nuclear deterrence promoted by that country, given its geopolitical context and what led to this achievement.