The volume is concerned with the role of the US in the nuclear tangle in South Asia, particularly its nuclear agreement with India—the issues covered, effects and intensions of the agreement—and its relations with India in the aftermath of the event. It reviews the response of other countries to the 123 agreement including Russia, China and Pakistan. It throws light on the US non-proliferation policy as evolving from one serving its own Cold War compulsions to one focusing on broader regional interests with the end of the Cold War. It looks into the economic, geographical and strategic compulsions on nuclear proliferation in South Asia. It views the implications of the US nuclear policy in South Asia on China.