The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran. A Travel Companion. Jonathan Tucker. London:...
The ancient Silk Road is attracting renewed attention. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his action plan to speedily develop Asian economies by...
South Asian Nuclear Thresholds: Repercussions of Cold Start Doctrine and Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Abstract
It can be argued that the overt nuclearisation of South Asia has averted a major military confrontation between India and Pakistan. However, it is...
Indian Missile Defence Development: Implications for Deterrence Stability in South Asia
Abstract
India has pursued the development and acquisition of a ballistic missile defence (BMD) system since the 1990s. Its indigenous system consists of a two-tier...
South Asian Strategic Paradox: India-Pakistan Nuclear Flux
Abstract
This article critically analyses the paradoxical flux situation in South Asia in view of both countries’ possession of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs), strategic arsenals,...
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...
