Second Coming? Testing the Nuclear Revolution Theory in Pakistan’s Strategic Debates

• In Event: Military Power and Strategy

Brief Overview

This paper tests Jervis’ theory of the nuclear revolution with a new text dataset of Pakistan’s strategic “gray” literature. We find modest evidence that post-nuclear Pakistan’s thinking on military strategy did adapt, but somewhat unevenly.

Authors

• Sameer P Lalwani, Stimson Center

• Eyal I Hanfling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology