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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338057603321

Autore

Sultan Adil

Titolo

Universalizing Nuclear Nonproliferation Norms : A Regional Framework for the South Asian Nuclear Weapon States / / by Adil Sultan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-01334-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 pages)

Disciplina

327.174

327.1747

Soggetti

Asia—Politics and government

Security, International

Energy security

International relations

Nuclear energy

Asian Politics

International Security Studies

Energy Security

Foreign Policy

Nuclear Energy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. South Asian proliferation puzzle -- 3. The nuclear nonproliferation regime -- 4. Pakistan and India’s approaches towards arms control and disarmament -- 5. Technology Control Regimes (TCRs) -- 6. Nuclear Governance in South Asia -- 7. Nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) in South Asia -- 8. Regional Non-Proliferation Regime (RNR).

Sommario/riassunto

This book suggests a new bargain between the NPT nuclear weapon states and the non-NPT nuclear weapons possessor states, mainly India and Pakistan, through a regional arrangement to help move towards universalization of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The author analyses nuclear proliferation drivers to understand why states acquire



and justify possession of nuclear weapons even though most nuclear weapon states no longer are faced with an existential threat to their national security. This study also identifies various challenges being faced by the NPT based nuclear nonproliferation regime, which if left unaddressed, could unravel the nonproliferation regime. It also offers the history of confidence building measures between India and Pakistan, which could be a useful reference for negotiating a Regional Nonproliferation Regime (RNR) in the future. Adil Sultan is Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK. He has worked for over 13 years on nuclear arms control issues at Pakistan’s Strategic Plans Division (SPD).