The Blind Eye is a scholarly endeavor to answer the above question. Using declassified documents from the US Archives, this book discusses the US non-proliferation policy towards Pakistan from Ford to Clinton. Bringing new knowledge to the fore, this book argues that the US, contrary to its claims, made trade-offs between non-proliferation and other foreign policy goals viz Pakistan. Consequently, the non-proliferation policy that the US developed during the five administrations from 1974-2001 demonstrates Washington’s lack of commitment to its non-proliferation enforcement agenda towards Islamabad.
Author(s): Rabia Akhtar
Edition: 1
Publisher: The University of Lahore
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 345
City: Lahore
Tags: nuclear proliferation, Pakistan, US, the US, nuclear weapons, NPT, non-proliferation
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Ford Administration’s Non-proliferation Policy
Towards Pakistan
25
Ford’s Presidency and the Regional Security Environment in
South Asia
30
Contours of Ford’s Non-proliferation Policy towards
Pakistan
32
The Franco-Pak Reprocessing Agreement 47
U.S. Demarches to France and Germany On the Nuclear
Deals with Pakistan
56
The Origin and Rationale For The Symington Amendment
1976
61
The Symington Amendment and Pakistan’s Reaction 71
Chapter 2 Carter Administration’s Non-Proliferation
Policy Towards Pakistan
96
Carter’s Non-Proliferation Policy 100
The FRG-Brazilian Nuclear Deal 107
The Japanese Reprocessing Plant Issue 109
Carter and Pakistan: The Transition in 1977 112
Prelude to the Coup and Bhutto’s Anti-U.S. Card 116
Zia and the French Reprocessing Deal 121
The Glenn Amendment 122
U.S. Aid Suspension and The Symington Amendment 130
Pakistan’s PNE Gossip and The Nuclear Ambiguity 135
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan’s
Bargaining Chip
140
The NNPA and The Tarapur Controversy 148
Chapter 3 Reagan Administrations’ Non-proliferation
Policy Towards Pakistan
165
Pakistan-U.S. Bilateral Security Relationship and The
Symington Waiver
167
Pakistan’s Negotiations to Get U.S. F-16 Fighter Jets in 1981-82 175
Pakistan’s Nuclear Progress and U.S. Non-proliferation Laws 191
The Pressler Amendment: Saving Pakistan-U.S. Security
Relationship
198
Pakistan’s Illegal Procurement and The Solarz Amendment 205
Pakistan’s Nuclear Progress and Reagan’s Pressler
Certifications
213
Chapter 4 Bush Administration’s Non-proliferation
Policy Towards Pakistan
235
Bush’s Pressler Certification in 1989 and More F-16s for
Pakistan
238
The 1990 Indo-Pak Crisis And The Build Up To The Pressler
Sanctions
244
The Pressler Sanctions on Pakistan 249
The Aftermath of The Pressler Sanctions 257
Bush Administration’s Interpretation of the Pressler
Amendment
260
Chapter 5 Clinton Administration’s Non-proliferation
Policy Towards Pakistan
270
Pakistan’s Embargoed Defense Equipment, F-16s and The
Brown Amendment
275
Pak-China Missile/Nuclear Technology Transfer And
Bhutto’s North-Korean Connection
289
The Sharif Government and The Harkin-Warner
Amendment 1997
300
Pakistan’s Nuclear Tests in 1998 and The Glenn-Symington
Sanctions
304
Kargil 1999 and The Military Coup 313
Additional Relief from Sanctions: Brownback II
Amendment
317
Chapter 6 Conclusion: The U.S. Non-proliferation Policy
from Ford to Clinton 1974-2001
326
Appendix 338
Index 341
