A thoughtful and well-wrought examination of the India-Pakistan nuclear relationship that offers hope that New Delhi and Islamabad may, in time, retreat from their nuclear stand-off.  Through the robust  application of the international relations theory, with an emphasis on constructivism, Carranza shows that the two states’ nuclear confrontation  is not an inescapable dilemma, but one that can become more tractable over time, in particular, because of the influence of global norms against nuclear armaments.  Students of IR theory will find Carranza’s in-depth application of this scholarly tool to a specific, high-profile case to be of particular value.