Opinions
Pakistan’s Approaches to Strategic Stability and Security
The concept of strategic stability evolved during the Cold War basically to better understand the dynamics of super powers nuclear rivalry so as to avoid stumbling into a catastrophic conflict. In South Asia, the dyadic conflictual relationship saw three major wars and some serious border clashes in the first 25 years of independence from the British colonial rule. In this period Pakistan tried to counter balance India’s numerical advantage with a qualitative edge by acquiring advanced American military equipment and better professional training, writes Naeem Salik.