Abstract Convincing the Pakistani military to focus its attention on the Afghan Taliban and associated groups has so far proved unsuccessful. The Obama administration’s reliance…
Country or Region: Pakistan
Summary Five Central Asian states emerged out of the Soviet Union’s Central Asian republics in 1991. Although U.S. policymakers presumed that Iran would inevitably sweep…
Summary This book provides a clear, detailed and current introduction to the importance of energy security as a topic that has been discussed for a…
Summary South Asia is one of the most volatile regions of the world, and India’s complex democratic political system impinges on its relations with its…
Summary Stephen Philip Cohen can rightly be called the doyen of South Asian security analysis, especially traditional security concerns in the region and advocacy on…
Summary South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and…
Abstract In this paper, Ken Booth’s concept of strategic culture is drawn on to examine India and Pakistan’s nuclear policy options/policies. The thrust of the…
Summary The Long Shadow is the first comprehensive, systematic examination of the roles and implications of nuclear weapons in the dramatically different post–Cold War security…
Summary A “second nuclear age” has begun in the post-Cold War world. Created by the expansion of nuclear arsenals and new proliferation in Asia, it…
Summary In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, professors Waltz and Sagan resume their well-known dialogue concerning nuclear proliferation and the threat…
Summary A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues…
Summary The final volume in Richard Rhodes’s prizewinning history of nuclear weapons offers the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in the post-Cold War…
Summary This study presents an account of why nuclear weapons are rapidly becoming less attractive than they once seemed and what factors can motivate a…
Summary Although nearly fifty countries have a nuclear capacity, and many more are working towards this goal, only a few are actually in possession of…
Summary Deadly Arsenals provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment available on global proliferation dangers, with a critical assessment of international enforcement efforts. An invaluable…
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