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Book Review: Zafar Khan. 2015. Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence

Book Review: Zafar Khan. 2015. Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence 360 Book Reviews His work provides a well-rounded account and analysis of conflicting domestic and systemic pressures on China and Pakistan and their responses to such pres- sures that do not always appear to be congruent. Bibek Chand Department of Politics and International Relations Florida International University, Miami, USA E-mail: bchan016@fiu.edu Zafar Khan. 2015. Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence. Routledge: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 178 pp. ISBN: 978-1138778795 DOI: 10.1177/2347797017729906 Minimum deterrence (MD) is only one of many deterrence doctrines that a nuclear state can adopt to prevent aggressive behaviour of its adversary states. The other types of deterrence include, deterrence via assured destruction, virtual deterrence and opaque deterrence. During the Cold War, the USA and the USSR followed the assured deterrence strategy through developing their nuclear weapons more than required number. However, scholars like Kenneth Waltz argued that the number of nuclear weapons does not matter and if a state has second strike capability, it can deter any other states even with a small number of nuclear weapons. The policy of MD is an appropriate strategy for the countries with limited resources, such as India and Pakistan. Pakistan advocated this strategy to deter Indian nuclear http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

Book Review: Zafar Khan. 2015. Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence

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360 Book Reviews His work provides a well-rounded account and analysis of conflicting domestic and systemic pressures on China and Pakistan and their responses to such pres- sures that do not always appear to be congruent. Bibek Chand Department of Politics and International Relations Florida International University, Miami, USA E-mail: bchan016@fiu.edu Zafar Khan. 2015. Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence. Routledge: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 178 pp. ISBN: 978-1138778795 DOI: 10.1177/2347797017729906 Minimum deterrence (MD) is only one of many deterrence doctrines that a nuclear state can adopt to prevent aggressive behaviour of its adversary states. The other types of deterrence include, deterrence via assured destruction, virtual deterrence and opaque deterrence. During the Cold War, the USA and the USSR followed the assured deterrence strategy through developing their nuclear weapons more than required number. However, scholars like Kenneth Waltz argued that the number of nuclear weapons does not matter and if a state has second strike capability, it can deter any other states even with a small number of nuclear weapons. The policy of MD is an appropriate strategy for the countries with limited resources, such as India and Pakistan. Pakistan advocated this strategy to deter Indian nuclear

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Published: Dec 1, 2017

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