Summarizes events and agenda of workshop subset within larger conference on South Asian nuclear issues.

K.R. Narayanan, Director of China Division at Ministry of External Affairs, writes that the explosion of the first nuclear bomb by China will alter the political balance of Asia and the world and development of nuclear weapons by India can be justified and beneficial for the country and the international system as well.

This estimate seeks to analyze the actions of a series of countries, which in the course of 1982-1987 could affect U.S. interests. It analyzes countries with developing nuclear programs in different regions in the world (South Asia, East Asia, Near East, Latin America, and Africa) and their intentions and capabilities in terms of nuclear weapons.

Choi Duk Shin carefully discusses the possibility of South Korea's inclusion in the Colombo Plan.

Agreement between the South African and Israeli Ministers of Defense that outlines the two nations’ cooperation on nuclear issues.