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Informationen zum Autor Bhumitra Chakma lectures in War and Security Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull. He specialises in South Asian and global nuclear politics and ethnicity and nationalism studies. He is the author of Strategic Dynamics and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in South Asia (2004), and has published widely in international journals, such as Modern Asian Studies , Asian Security , Asian Survey , Identity, Culture and Politics: an afro-asian dialogue etc. Klappentext Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state. Zusammenfassung Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Pakistan’s Nuclearisation Process: Proliferation Lessons and the rise of the second nuclear age 3. Pakistan’s Emerging Nuclear Posture and Doctrinal Contemplation 4. Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrent: Force Level and Missile Capabilities 5. Command and Control System 6. Pakistan and the Global Non-proliferation Regime 7. Proliferation Control Challenges, Nuclear Terrorism, and Pakistan 8. Conclusion
