01907cam a2200397 i 4500 522742 522742 18057155 NUST 20190108052122.0 140228s2015 enk b 001 0 eng c 2014002646 9781138778795 (pback) Muhammad Ibrahim ICU/DLC eng ICU rda DLC pcc a-pk--- az----- U264.5.P18 K436 2015 355.02/17095491 23 Khan, Zafar, 1977- author. 12987 Pakistan's nuclear policy : a minimum credible deterrence / Zafar Khan. London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. xix, 178 pages ; 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 84 Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-172) and index. Introduction: the making of Pakistan's post-1998 nuclear policy -- Historical analysis of Pakistan's nuclear development program -- Pakistan's rationale of minimum deterrence: why the minimum? -- Pakistan's policy of minimum credible deterrence: why minimum is not the minimum -- Pakistan's nuclear force building -- Pakistan's doctrine of nuclear first use -- Pakistan's policy of arms control and disarmament: a call for arms control regime in South Asia -- Conclusion: a call for an actual minimum. Nuclear weapons Pakistan. 12988 Nuclear weapons Government policy Pakistan. 12989 Deterrence (Strategy) 12990 Nuclear arms control South Asia. 12991 Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 84. 12992 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2019-01-03 2 355.0217095491 KHA 2015 CIPS0002901 2026-01-20 2025-11-17 2019-01-08 BK