{"product_id":"2940148418504","title":"PAKISTAN\u0026#x2019;S NUCLEAR FUTURE: WORRIES BEYOND WAR","description":"Raise the issue of Pakistan’s nuclear program before\u003cbr\u003ealmost any group of Western security analysts, and\u003cbr\u003ethey are likely to throw up their hands. What might\u003cbr\u003ehappen if the current Pakistani government is taken\u003cbr\u003eover by radicalized political forces sympathetic to the\u003cbr\u003eTaliban? Such a government, they fear, might share\u003cbr\u003ePakistan’s nuclear weapons materials and know-how\u003cbr\u003ewith others, including terrorist organizations. Then\u003cbr\u003ethere is the possibility that a more radical government\u003cbr\u003emight pick a war again with India. Could Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eprevail against India’s superior conventional forces\u003cbr\u003ewithout threatening to resort to nuclear arms? If not,\u003cbr\u003ewhat, if anything, might persuade Pakistan to stand\u003cbr\u003eits nuclear forces down? There are no good answers to\u003cbr\u003ethese questions and even fewer near or mid-term fixes\u003cbr\u003eagainst such contingencies. This, in turn, encourages a\u003cbr\u003ekind of policy fatalism with regard to Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003eThis book, which reflects research that the\u003cbr\u003eNonproliferation Policy Education Center commissioned\u003cbr\u003eover the last 2 years, takes a different tack.\u003cbr\u003eInstead of asking questions that have few or no good\u003cbr\u003eanswers, this volume tries to characterize specific\u003cbr\u003enuclear problems that the ruling Pakistani government\u003cbr\u003efaces with the aim of establishing a base line set of\u003cbr\u003echallenges for remedial action. Its point of departure is\u003cbr\u003eto consider what nuclear challenges Pakistan will face\u003cbr\u003eif moderate forces remain in control of the government\u003cbr\u003eand no hot war breaks out against India. A second\u003cbr\u003evolume of commissioned research planned for publication in 2008 will consider how best to address\u003cbr\u003ethese challenges.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108815978736,"sku":"2940148418504","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148418504_p0.jpg?v=1763703182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148418504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}