To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
The Dr. A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation activities evidently constitute the most severe loss of control over nuclear technology ever. The research addresses this key international security concern—understanding how and why Dr. A.Q. Khan was able to sell nuclear weapons technology on the international market. It is argued that the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation episode was a consequence and product of various factors—and though Dr. A.Q. Khan was the manger-in-chief of the implementation phase, other important players within Pakistan were also involved. By no means can it be termed as a one-man operation.
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