Experts Say
Possession Underscores Nuclear Contradictions
JAPAN TIMES Online
April 20, 2012
By RAMESH THAKUR
Can the differing world reactions to India's missile test and North Korea's attempted "satellite launch" be explained by the familiar saying that success has a thousand fathers while failure is an orphan? The more likely explanation is that the two tests are forcing the international community to confront implicit assumptions and contradictions with respect to the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
