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To: JPR who wrote (586)	5/14/1998 10:39:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Nuclear Facts & U.S Foreign Policy-Is time to redefine??? JPR and everyone: Here are two articles on recent events in the Sub Continent I found by Mr.Richard Haass,Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institute. Richard N. Haass Director, Foreign Policy Studies Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, national security, economic sanctions, Middle East/Persian Gulf. Former Special Assistant to President George Bush and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council; former Director of National Security Programs and a Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. Education: B.A., Oberlin College, 1973; M.Phil., 1975, and D.Phil., 1982, Oxford University. The first one was written in Jan 97 and it seems to me a well thought out and telling analysis on the subject.Mr.Haass makes some excellent arguments for a revision in U.S foreign policy with respect to the sub continent but obviously nobody seems to be considering it as they seem to be otherwise occupied and now facing an obvious dilemma. brook.edu The second one was written on May 14th 98, after the recent tests. An excerpt: As a result, we should direct the lion's share of our efforts to preventing major instability in South Asia. The goal should be to discourage additional testing by anyone and to establish a new plateau -- one that does not involve actual deployment of Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons. It is also important that we act to preserve the U.S.-India relationship. What is at stake here are ties with a country with a billion people, a large and growing market and a robust democracy. Isolating India will not serve U.S. economic or strategic interests; nor would it weaken a government that has taken a step applauded by most Indians, who wonder why the world is prepared to live with China's nuclear arsenal but not India's. brook.edu