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by Christine M. Leah & Muhammad Sarmad Zia.... In the last few years there has been a marked shift in the nuclear discourse in South Asia. Three issues have generated new debate about the level of strategic stability in the region: India’s Cold Start doctrine, Pakistan’s Nasr, and now India’s apparent shift from a primarily

Introduction Recently there has been renewed debate about “normalizing” or “mainstreaming” Pakistan’s nuclear programme, with a number of western analysts calling for Islamabad to commit to “strategic deterrence”, or “to a recessed deterrence posture and limit production of short-range delivery vehicles and tactical nuclear weapons”. There is increasing concern about a nuclear arms race in

The writers are affiliated with the Centre for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad. The former is a Senior Research Officer…

By Christine M. Leah A nuclear weapons ban, whilst probably a noble and humanitarian goal, reflects misplaced idealism and an…