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Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons (2015)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2015). Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. In S. Gregory (Ed.), Democratic transition and security in Pakistan (234-251). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315730813

This chapter examines whether the recent trend of democratisation in Pakistan has made an impact on the country's nuclear policy against the background that traditionally the military has dominated the country's nuclear programme. The democratic tran... Read More about Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game? (2015)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2015). Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?. Journal of Asian security and international affairs, 2(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797014565291

This article seeks to analyze the sources of the Sheikh Hasina government’s India-positive foreign policy approach from theoretical and empirical standpoints. Theoretically, it engages three broad schools of thought and their competing claims about s... Read More about Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?.

South Asia's nuclear security (2015)
Book
Chakma, B. (2015). South Asia's nuclear security. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315742694

South Asia is often viewed as a potential nuclear flashpoint and a probable source of nuclear terrorism. But, how valid are such perceptions? This book seeks to address this question and assesses the region’s nuclear security from two principal stand... Read More about South Asia's nuclear security.