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The USA, as a self-declared policeman of the world, has long strived to position itself as the global champion of nuclear non-proliferation and arms control. From the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East, from South Asia to Europe, the American impulse to enforce its own will on the nuclear policies of the states in these regions is an open secret. Nowhere is this more apparent than in South Asia, where the USA has been actively ‘brokering peace in a nuclear environment.’ However, the US doublespeak towards the two nuclear armed states within this region, namely Pakistan and India, is yet another open secret.
