Here are extracts from a sharp analysis on the nuclear chain-of-command in South Asia by Michael Krepon, of the Henry L. Stimson Centre. The article is among the few that actually examine the governance structure by which the nuclear arsenal is controlled in India and Pakistan. The entire article may be viewed here.
…Pakistan’s history has been marked by triangular jockeying among Pakistan’s Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Army Chiefs, as well as Constitutional gyrations facilitating Army, Parliamentary, and Presidential rule. Against this backdrop, does this change in the Chairmanship of the NCA [National Command Authority] have meaning?…
Far more is known about the new NCA structure and functioning in Pakistan than in India…..India has a firmly entrenched Parliamentary system of government, whereas Pakistan’s governance has been subject to periodic, significant changes. Despite and because of these political upheavals, the Pakistan Army has remained, by far, the strongest voice on national security matters, as well as the arbiter between contesting political leaders. Until these circumstances change, no matter which civilian sits at the apex of Pakistan’s NCA, the decision making power rests in uniform…
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