Proliferation and Emerging Nuclear Order in the Twenty-First Century*
This book provides some important perspectives on the emerging nuclear order. The contributors discuss most burning question of the day: What are the challenges to the global nuclear regime? What are de cosnequences of a nuclear Iran for Est Asian peace and stability? Will it give rise to a nuclear quest among the important West Asian States? How would be the response of major Asian powers to nuclear Iran? What are the consequences of changes in the East Asian nuclear orden 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 tehcnology and capabilities? What did the international community learn from the discovery of the A.Q. Khan networ? What are the possibilities for international cooperation against nuclear proliferation?
N.S. Sisodia ¡s the Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. He holds an Honours degree in History from the University of Delhi and a Masters degree from the Harvard University, USA where he was a Masón Fellow. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1968 and served as Additional Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat and Secretary to Government of India in the Ministries of Finance and Defence, He has also been the Vice Chancellor, University of Udaipur. He has co-edited «Emerging India: Security and Foreign Policy Perspectives»; «india and the World»; “Changing Security Dynamic in Eastern Asia: Focus on Japan»; «India-Japan Relations: Partnership for Peace and Security»; and «West Asia in Turmoil: Implications for Global Security.»
V. Krishnappa is a Research Fellow at the IDSA, New Delhi. His research interests indude strategic dynamics in South and West Asia, great power politics, strategic theory, transnational terrorism and contemporary wars. He is the Book Review Editor of the «Strategic Analysis» (IDSA-Routledge) and Member of Editorial Committee of «Journal of Defence Studies (IDSA).»
Priyanka Singh is a Research Assistant in the IDSA, New Delhi. She holds an Honours degree in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi and a PhD in Indo-US Relations from the University of Lucknow.