Nuclear fears, hopes and realities in Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9909779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pervez Hoodbhoy (0000-0002-4847-8682, Taught at the Department of Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University since 1973, and now also teaches in the Departments of Physics and Mathematics at Forman Christian College in Lahore., corresponding author), Zia Mian (0000-0003-0058-4467, Physicist, directs the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security and teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.), Зиа Миан (0000-0002-0802-2306, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1125-1142 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2346.12160 |
| OpenAlex | W2026733988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the four decades since Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program, and especially in the fifteen years since the nuclear tests of 1998, a way of thinking and a related set of feelings about the bomb have taken hold among policy-makers and the public in Pakistan. These include the ideas that the bomb can ensure Pakistan's security; resolve the long-standing dispute with India over Kashmir in Pakistan's favour; help create a new national spirit; establish Pakistan as a leader among Islamic countries; and usher in a new stage in Pakistan's economic development. None of these hopes has come to pass, and in many ways Pakistan is much worse off than before it went nuclear. Yet the feelings about the bomb remain strong and it is these feelings that will have to be examined critically and be set aside if Pakistan is to move towards nuclear restraint and nuclear disarmament. This will require a measure of stability in a country beset by multiple insurgencies, the emergence of a peace movement able to launch a national debate on foreign policy and nuclear weapons, and greater international concern regarding the outcomes of nuclear arms racing in South Asia
Development economics · Disarmament · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Foreign policy · International community · Islam · National security · Nuclear energy policy · Nuclear ethics · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |