LEADER 03908nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910822139203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-92287-3 010 $a1-136-92288-1 010 $a1-282-78105-7 010 $a9786612781056 010 $a0-203-84482-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203844823 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044442 035 $a(EBL)574593 035 $a(OCoLC)664551728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424291 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299316 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424291 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10470213 035 $a(PQKB)10775951 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC574593 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL574593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10416509 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL278105 035 $a(OCoLC)671811038 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044442 100 $a20100304d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNuclear proliferation and international order $echallenges to the non-proliferation treaty /$fedited by Olav Njlstad 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge global security studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51002-3 311 $a0-415-58098-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Introduction: The present nuclear order, how it came about, why it may not last; Part I: Challenge from outside: The problem of non-legal nuclear weapon states; 2 The Indian nuclear program: Motivations, effects, and future trajectories; 3 Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future; 4 Israel's nuclear capability: Implications on Middle East security; Part II: Challenges from within: The NPT defectors; 5 How to bring North Korea back into the NPT; 6 Challenge from within: The case of Iran 327 $aPart III: Challenge from below: Nuclear trafficking and terrorism7 The threat of nuclear terrorism; 8 The atomic terrorist?; Part IV: Challenge from above: The unfulfilled nuclear disarmament pledge of the five legal nuclear-weapon states; 9 The United States and the NPT "double bargain"; 10 The nuclear policy of Russia and the perspectives for nuclear disarmament; 11 Creating "nuclear order": An open-ended process; 12 The UK, responsible nuclear sovereignty and the disarmament threshold; 13 France and nuclear non-proliferation: From benign neglect to active promotion 327 $a14 Departing revolution: China's changing nuclear policies during the Cold War15 China's policy on nuclear weapons and disarmament; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century.Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the NPT is in serious trouble and may not be able to stop the further spread of nuclear weapons. If so, international stability will be undermined, with potentially disastrous consequences, and the vision of a nuclear weapon-free world will become utterly unrealistic. More specifically, the NPT is exposed to four main challenges, explo 410 0$aRoutledge global security studies. 606 $aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation 606 $aNuclear nonproliferation 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aNuclear nonproliferation. 676 $a327.1747 701 $aNjlstad$b Olav$01634125 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822139203321 996 $aNuclear proliferation and international order$93974211 997 $aUNINA