Pakistan and the New Nuclear Taboo; Regional Deterrence and the International Arms Control Regime

ISBN-13: 9783034302722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 355 str.

Rizwana Abbasi

Opis

This book examines Pakistan 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 Pakistan s conduct was factored into the global non-proliferation regime and why that regime failed to constrain Pakistan s choice to go nuclear.
The book goes on to argue that in order to fully understand Pakistan s nuclear policy, the Indian case must also be considered. Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive scholarly account of the history of both India s and Pakistan s technological developments leading to their decision to develop nuclear weapons and confront the NPT constraints. The question of nuclear proliferation by Pakistan 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 Pakistan s nuclear weapons and the question of the state 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 three models approach adopted here provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date theoretical perspective on Pakistan 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."

Spis treści

Contents: Regime Theory: A Three-Models Approach to International Relations – Identifying Pakistan’s Nuclear Behaviour (1950s-1986) – Pakistan’s Nuclear Behaviour in Crisis Situations: From Non-Weaponized Deterrence to Weaponized Deterrence (1986-1999) – Pakistan’s Transition from Vertical to Horizontal Proliferation – Pakistan’s Behaviour after the Khan Revelations (2004-2009) – Pakistan as Part of the Non-proliferation Challenges – Presenting Solutions – Conclusion: Pakistan, Regime Theory, and the Non-proliferation Regime.

O autorze

Rizwana Abbasi holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, UK, specialising in International Security and Nuclear Non-proliferation. She is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leicester and is Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic and Nuclear Studies (Faculty of Contemporary Studies) at the National Defence University, Islamabad.