Proliferation and Emerging Nuclear Order in the Twenty-First Century

by Sisodia, N. S.; Krishnappa, V.; Singh, Priyanka

• ISBN13: 9788171887521
• ISBN10: 817188752X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

This book provides some important perspectives on the emerging nuclear order. The contributors discuss most burning questions of the day: What are the challenges to the global nuclear regime? What are the consequences of a nuclear Iran for West Asian peace and stability? Will it give rise to a nuclear quest among the important West Asian states? How would the West respond in such an eventuality? What would be the response of major Asian powers to nuclear Iran? What are the consequences of changes in the East Asian nuclear order for stability and peace in the region and beyond? How would major regional players respond? What are the implications of non-state actors acquiring nuclear weapon technology and capabilities? What did the international community learn from the discovery of the A.Q. Khan network? What are the possibilities for international cooperation against nuclear proliferation? Book jacket.

Author Biography

N. S. Sisodia is the director general of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA). He has served as national security council secretariat and secretary to the government of India in the ministries of finance and defense. He is the coeditor of numerous books, including Emerging India: Security and Foreign Policy Perspectives, India and the World, and West Asia in Turmoil: Implications for Global Security. V. Krishnappa is a research fellow at the IDSA. He is a member of editorial committee for the Journal of Defense Studies and the book-review editor for the Strategic Analysis. Priyanka Singh is a research assistant at the IDSA.

Table of Contents

About the Editors/Contributors	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Asian Security in the Twenty-first Century: Key Challenges	p. 13
The Future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime	p. 19
Nuclear Weapons and Asian Security in the Twenty-first Century	p. 29
North Korea and the Future of East Asian Nuclear Stability	p. 45
The Threat of Nuclear Proliferation amongst Non-State Actors in Asia	p. 61
Strategic Implications of a Nuclear-Armed Iran for the Middle East and South Asia	p. 75
Iranian Nuclear Crisis: NIE and After	p. 89
Dirty Bomb: Potential Threats for South Asia	p. 105
Index	p. 121
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