Summary This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the role of nuclear weapons in Asia since 1945, its implications for regional and global security, and…
Country or Region: Pakistan
Summary Does the proliferation of nuclear weapons cause ongoing conflicts to diminish or to intensify? The spread of nuclear weapons to South Asia offers an…
Summary The author argues that, while nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles cast a shadow over Indo-Pakistani relations, they do not create strategic stability. He asserts…
Summary Since their founding as independent nations, nuclear issues have been key elements of nationalism and the public sphere in both India and Pakistan. Yet…
Abstract Pakistan, the fastest growing nuclear weapon state in the world, has established over the last decade a nuclear management system it holds to be…
Abstract Pakistan has a nuclear weapons stockpile of 110 to 130 warheads, an increase from an estimated 90 to 110 warheads in 2011. With several…
Summary India and Pakistan have developed and flight tested seventeen new nuclear weapon delivery vehicles since testing nuclear devices in 1998 – an average of…
Abstract This essay provides an overview of the ongoing quantitative and qualitative changes in Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and their impact on deterrence stability vis-à-vis India.…
Abstract While recent history arguably demonstrates a high level of nuclear stability in South Asia, this article argues that this stability has historically been a…
Abstract This article analyzes India’s nuclear doctrine, finding it to be critically flawed and inimical to strategic stability in South Asia. In pursuing an ambitious…
Abstract The question of nuclear stability in South Asia is a subject of both academic and policy significance. It is the only region in the…
Abstract This article analyzes India’s efforts to deploy a Ballistic Missile Program (BMD). The article has three objectives. First, it argues that scientific-bureaucratic factors and…
Abstract Nuclear relations in South Asia cannot be fully analyzed without taking into account the China factor. After the May 1998 nuclear tests, a substantive…
Summary Nationalism appears to be rising in a renascent Asia and stoking tensions, aspirations, and identity politics while amplifying grievances and raising questions about prospects…
Abstract Pakistan is in a deep power crisis since 2008 which the government is trying to control by adding new generation capacity. This strategy, however,…
