EAN: 9783034302722

PAKISTAN AND THE NEW NUCLEAR TABOO - RIZWANA AB...

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 Indiäs 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.

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