Das Buch ist das Resultat eines Forschungsprojekts des Instituts für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg aus den Jahren 1994 und 1995. Inhalt: I. Military Technologies, Threats and Perceptions in Southern Asia: Götz Neuneck: Missiles and Missile Programmes in the Middle East and Southern Asia (33-61); Jürgen Scheffran: India and Nuclear Weapons (62-76); Otfried Ischebeck: Pakistan's Nuclear Programme: Policies, Achievements and Potentials for National Development (77-91); Shireen Mazari: Missile Proliferation within the South Asian Milieu: Impact on Stability (91-102); Jasjit Singh: Missile Threats in Southern Asia: An Indian Perception (103-111). II. Problems of Proliferation in Southern Asia - International Interest and Policies: Sumit Ganguly / Rajesh Rajagopalan: US Nuclear Policy Towards South Asia (115-127); David Fischer: Regional versus Global Treaties and Control Agreements: The Example of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (128-142); Dingli Shen: Regional and Global Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament: A Case of South Asia (143-149); Otfried Ischebeck: Germany's New Asian Policy and Problems of Proliferation of Military Technologies (150-157); Christophe Carle: European Co-operation on Non-Proliferation Policy (158-165); Jürgen Scheffran: The Indian Space Programme Between Development and Defence (166-190). III. Confidence Building and Prospects for Regional Arms Control and Disarmament: Jasjit Singh: Confidence and Security Building and Regional Arms Control in Southern Asia (193-207); Appendices: Regional Agreements (208-220); Shireen Mazari: Confidence and Security Building Measures and Disarmament in South Asia: The Need for a Conflict Resolution Framework (221-236); Jörn Behrmann: Mediation and the Internationalization of Science - Proposals for a Non-Military Resolution of the Kashmir Conflict (237-244). IV. The Potential Impact on Security in Southern Asia by Trade, Development of Infrastructure and Co-operation in Fields of Advanced Science and Technology: Heinrich Siegmann: Will South Asia Keep up with East Asia? - The Economic Challenges of the Future (247-269); Christian Wagner: Regional Security in Southern Asia - The Potential Contributions from SAARC (270-281); Akmal Hussain: Impact of Security on Trade and Development: Inter-Relations between India and Pakistan (282-289); M. R. Srinivasan: Regional Co-operation in Energy - Nuclear, Conventional Solar and Other Renewables (290-297); Otfried Ischebeck: Electricity for Dehli and Lahore: Prospects for Joint Production of Electricity by Solar Power Plants in the India-Pakistan Border Region (298-308).