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“India’s Nuclear policy is deeply influenced by its cultural beliefs and the pragmatic approach of its foreign policy.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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The statement joins two explanations the literature usually keeps apart. Strategic-culture writers, from George K. Tanham (Indian Strategic Thought, 1992) onwards, trace India's nuclear restraint to inherited values; realists read the same record as calculation. The record shows both at work at different levels: culture shapes what kind of nuclear power India is, pragmatism decides…

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  • The cultural imprint
  • The pragmatic calculation
  • How the two interact
  • Conclusion
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