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This paper examines the proposals made in the Canberra Commission for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The Report is quickly summarised and the major arguments for the abolition of nuclear weapons are then examined in the following way. A classification, or "typology", of reasons why nuclear weapons should be abolished is given, and then the main and supporting arguments outlined in turn. It is concluded that these arguments are not persuasive and that the Report contains certain hidden presuppositions and assumptions.

India tested a nuclear device in 1974. India subsequently designated it as a 'peaceful nuclear explosion' and carefully constructed a declared nuclear doctrine of ambiguous intent. The authors examine the reasons for this ambignity against the back-drop of the China-India-Pakistan triangel and China's and Pakistan's nuclear capacity. (DÜI-Sen)