The nuclear question in South Asia : current developments / Diethelm Weidemann -- Nuclearisation of South Asia and consequences for the international system / Eva-Maria Hexamer -- The United States and nuclear challenges in South Asia / B.M. Jain -- Russia and South Asia after nuclear tests : new approaches towards global security at the threshold of the 21st century / Peter Linke -- China and the nuclearisation of South Asia / Marlies Linke -- Japan and nuclear politics in South Asia / Rene Hexamer -- The nuclear issue in South Asia : bilateral and regional dimensions / Ross Masood Hussain -- The economic fallout of nuclear tests and sanctions in South Asia / Wolfgang-Peter Zingel -- The BJP's role in India's nuclear tests : ideological and domestic compulsions / Michael Schied