Pakistan and the New Nuclear Taboo : Regional Deterrence and the International Arms Control Regime Paperback / softback

by Abbasi Rizwana

Part of the Studies in the History of Religious and Political Pluralism series

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This book examines Pakistanâ€™s nuclear behaviour from the 1950s onwards against the background of the emerging global non-proliferation system.

The author probes the broader questions of the extent to which Pakistanâ€™s conduct was factored into the global non-proliferation regime and why that regime failed to constrain Pakistanâ€™s choice to go nuclear. The book goes on to argue that in order to fully understand Pakistanâ€™s nuclear policy, the Indian case must also be considered.

Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive scholarly account of the history of both Indiaâ€™s and Pakistanâ€™s technological developments leading to their decision to develop nuclear weapons and confront the NPT constraints.

The question of nuclear proliferation by Pakistanâ€™s most prominent scientist, Dr A.

Q. Khan, its nuclear behaviour after the disclosure of this proliferation case, and the recent development of counter-proliferation measures at a global level are all analysed in this volume.

The security of Pakistanâ€™s nuclear weapons and the question of the stateâ€™s reliability within the ranks of the global community remain hotly debated issues.

Pakistan and the New Nuclear Taboo offers the compelling argument that a new nuclear taboo against proliferation has emerged to prevent nuclear risks regionally and globally: since 2004, it is argued, Pakistan has played a key role in helping to establish this new nuclear taboo against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The â€˜three modelsâ€™ approach adopted here provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date theoretical perspective on Pakistanâ€™s nuclear behaviour and helps illuminate nuclear policy dynamics and the role of international institutions in regulating the conduct of states in other regions as well.