Mubashar Rizvi reflects on the Nuclear Responsibilities Approach through an exploration of two domestic legislative instruments through which Pakistan derives some of its nuclear responsibilities.
Mubashar is a graduate student at the University of Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies. His research focuses on Great Power Politics, U.S. and Chinese Foreign Policy, Nuclear Deterrence, Geopolitics of South Asia and the International Law of the Sea. Mubashar is also affiliated with the Research Society of International Law (RSIL), where he heads RSIL’s DataLab and conducts research primarily with the Conflict Law Centre.
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