UID:
edocfu_9959227486002883
Format:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-136-92287-3
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1-136-92288-1
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1-282-78105-7
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9786612781056
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0-203-84482-3
Series Statement:
Routledge global security studies
Content:
This 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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book 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
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Part 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
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14 Departing revolution: China's changing nuclear policies during the Cold War15 China's policy on nuclear weapons and disarmament; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-51002-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-58098-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203844823
