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Born, Hans, Bates Gill, and Heiner Hänggi (eds). Governing the Bomb: Civilian Control and Democratic Accountability of Nuclear Weapons. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Bowen, Clayton P. and Daniel Wolvén. "Command and Control Challenges in South Asia." Nonproliferation Review 6, no. 3 (Spring–Summer 1999): 25-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10736709908436762.

Bremmer, Ian and Maria Kuusisto. Pakistan’s Nuclear Command and Control: Perception Matters. SASSI Research Report 15. London: South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI), 2008.

Chakma, Bhumitra. "Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine and Command and Control System: Dilemmas of Small Nuclear Forces in the Second Atomic Age." Security Challenges 2, no. 2 (July 2006): 115-133.

Conley, Jerome M. "Nuclear Command and Control in the Twenty-First Century: Trends, Disparities, and the Impact on Stability." In Debating 21st Century Nuclear Issues, edited by Owen Price and Jenifer Mackby, 226-250. Washington, D.C.: Center for International and Strategic Studies, 2007. https://www.csis.org/analysis/debating-21st-century-nuclear-issues.

Feiveson, Harold A (ed). The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint for Deep Cuts and De-Alerting of Nuclear Weapons. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999.

Giles, Gregory F. "Safeguarding the Undeclared Nuclear Arsenals." The Washington Quarterly 16, no. 2 (spring 1993): 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/01636609309443403.

Gregory, Shaun R. "Nuclear Command and Control in Pakistan." Defense & Security Analysis 23, no. 3 (September 2007): 315–330.

Khan, Feroz Hassan. Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2012.

Khan, Feroz Hassan. Going Tactical: Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture and Implications for Stability. Proliferation Papers 53. Paris: The Institut Français des Relations Internationales (Ifri), September 2015. https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/pp53khan_0.pdf.

Lavoy, Peter R., Scott D. Sagan, and James J. Wirtz (eds). Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000.

Lewis, Patricia, Heather Williams, Benoît Pelopidas and Sasan Aghlani. Too Close for Comfort: Cases of Near Nuclear Use and Options for Policy. London: Chatham House, 2014. https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/field/field_document/20140428TooCloseforComfortNuclearUseLewisWilliamsPelopidasAghlani.pdf.

MacDonald, Eryn. "Whose Finger Is on the Button? Nuclear Launch Authority in the United States and Other Nations." Union of Concerned Scientists. October, 2017. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/11/Launch-Authority.pdf.

Mian, Zia. A Nuclear Tiger By The Tail: Some Problems of Command and Control in South Asia. PU/CEES Report no. 328. Princeton, NJ: Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2003. https://www.princeton.edu/sgs/publications/articles/report328.pdf.

Miraglia, Sébastien. "Deadly or Impotent? Nuclear Command and Control in Pakistan." Journal of Strategic Studies 36, no. 6 (2013): 841-866. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2013.805126.

Narang, Vipin. Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014.

Paul, T.V. The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.