Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance

Kamran Bokhari talks with National Defense University Professor Hassan Abbas about his latest book, which covers the development of the Pakistani nuclear program and its role in the spread of nuclear technology. Abbas, author of “Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance,” sheds light on the reasons Pakistan chose to develop a nuclear bomb, how it did so without being detected, and what some of the modern-day concerns about its program are — such as keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of non-state actors.