Pakistan - The Most Dangerous Place in the World

Abstract

Pakistan is the most dangerous foreign policy problem facing the United States for five major reasons. First, Pakistan is a nuclear country, with at least 60 nuclear warheads (according to both journalistic and unclassified U.S. Government sources), a regular supply of fissile material with which to make more, multiple delivery systems, and a history as a known proliferator. Pakistan developed nuclear weapons because of its long and bloody history with its bigger next-door neighbor, India, to which it has lost four major military conflicts since 1947. They have not squared off again since the Kargil Conflict of 1999, and the world holds its breath over their next spat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510367

Entities

People

  • Larry P. Goodson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Arabian Sea
  • Asia
  • Central Asia
  • Civil War
  • Fissile Materials
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pakistan
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security