Musa Khan Jalalzai 
Nuclear Madness in South Asia 

In South Asia, every state has applied its own classified security measures for nuclear weapons security. In Pakistan, a nuclear weapons security regime involves human, physical and technical means. However, there is a general perception that, notwithstanding these technical measures, there is a danger that nuclear materials may possibly get into the hands of terrorist organisations. The future of illicit trade of nuclear materials in South Asia by non-state actors and terrorists may further jeopardise the security of the region.
South Asian states are facing the threat of terrorism and violent extremism. The unending civil war in Afghanistan and Pakistan has destabilised the whole region. These are some of the issues deliberated in the book by eminent scholars.

Table of Content

Introduction
Chapter 1 Modern Nuclear Technology and the Danger of Nuclear War in South Asia
Chapter-2 Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons, Kashmir and India
Chapter-3 Nuclearization and Military Confrontation between India, Pakistan and China
Chapter 4 Prospects for Cooperation on Tackling Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism in South Asia: India–Pakistan Nuclear Detection Architecture by Muhammad Umer Khan
Chapter 5 Command and Control of India’s Nuclear Arsenal by Lauren J. Borja & M.V. Ramana 73
Chapter 6 The Twenty Years’ Crisis of Nuclear South Asia, 1998–2018: A Workshop Report by Zia Mian a, A. H. Nayyara and M. V. Ramana b
Chapter 7 India-Pakistan Crises under the Nuclear Shadow: The Role of Reassurance by Karthika Sasikumar
Notes to Chapters
Index

About the author

Musa Khan Jalalzai is a journalist and research scholar. He has written extensively on Afghanistan, terrorism, nuclear and biological terrorism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and intelligence research and analysis. He was an Executive Editor of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan from 2005-2011, and a permanent contributor in Pakistan’s daily The Post, Daily Times, and The Nation, Weekly the Nation, (London). However, in 2004, US Library of Congress in its report for South Asia mentioned him as the biggest and prolific writer. He received Masters in English literature, Diploma in Geospatial Intelligence, University of Maryland, Washington DC, a certificate in Surveillance Law from the University of Stanford, USA, and a diploma in Counterterrorism from Pennsylvania State University, California, the United States.