Pakistan and the Nuclear Security Summit
Pakistan and the Nuclear Security Summit*
Rizwana Abbasi **
Assistant Professor, NDU, Islamabad
President Barack Obama announced the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) framework in 2009 to...
Strategic Stability in South Asia – Challenges and Prospects
Preamble
India and Pakistan have a seven decades long history of hostile and acrimonious relations interspersed with three major wars and some serious border skirmishes...
Pakistan and India Non-Proliferation Credentials
Executive Summary
Pakistan is a responsible nuclear weapons state. It has always supported the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Pakistan has joined efforts...
Pakistan in the Global Nuclear Order
Executive Summary
India introduced nuclear weapons in this region in 1974, compelling Pakistan to pursue a similar path. Indian nuclear explosions in 1998 forced Pakistan...
US-India Defence Deals and Their Likely Impact on Pakistan
The US-India defence relationship has grown over the last decade to become a key component of their overall bilateral partnership. On June 4, 2010,...
Pakistan: Misperceptions about Nuclear Stockpiles
Recently, Western and Indian analysts have widely publicized unsubstantiated assumptions that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is growing at a rapid pace, and that the country...
Emerging Security Trends and Legitimacy of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime (Article)
Abstract:
The contemporary emerging security trends seem destined to marginalising the potential and legitimacy of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The transformation in the international settings...
President Obama’s Legacy: An Academic’s Perspective (Article)
Abstract:
In his second and last presidency, US President Barack Obama, conscious of his lasting legacy, has taken some bold and unprecedented foreign policy decisions....
