Number: 98-525
Title: SOUTH ASIA CRISIS: EFFECTS ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Authors: Kenneth Katzman, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: The May 1998 nuclear tests by India and Pakistan have raised concerns that these countries, particularly Pakistan, might transfer nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction technology to Iran or other Middle Eastern states. Iran has developed military ties to both India and Pakistan, and has tried to acquire advanced technology from Pakistan, but political and other differences have limited these relationships. There is little evidence that other Middle Eastern countries have tried to acquire weapons of mass destruction technology from India or Pakistan.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated June 5, 1998