P. R. Chari

P.R. Chari was Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi and a Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. His publications include Indo-Pak Nuclear Standoff: The Role of the United States (1995), and Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis in South Asia (1995) (co-author). Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema is the Director General of the Academy of Educational Planning and Management, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr Cheema is the author of several books, including Pakistan's Defence Policy, 1947-58, and Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis in South Asia (1995) (co-author). Iftekharuzzaman is Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies. His recent publications include Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan: South Asian, Perspectives (co-authored and co-edited); South Asian Security, Primacy of Internal Dimension (ed.); and Bangladesh and SAARC: Issues, Perspectives and Outlook (co-authored and co-edited).