India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

The Perennial Outlier

A. Vinod Kumar

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781107056626
• eBook ISBN: 9781316093108
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The book is a comprehensive study of India's relationship with the non-proliferation regime, and its transformative evolution from a perennial outlier to one seeking greater integration with the regime and its normative structures. The highlight of this study is its incisive conceptual analysis of the regime as a functional system and its structural complexities, which brings forth new insights on the regime's core ideas like non-proliferation and counter-proliferation. The book also provides an extensive non-Western narrative on the concept of counter-proliferation and its conceivable role and influence in the regime. It breaks new ground in explaining India's quest for an anti-proliferation strategy, which could determine its status and future in the emerging global nuclear order. It will be a substantial contribution to the literature on India's approach towards non-proliferation, counter-proliferation and disarmament, and will enhance the understanding of the impact of the regime's normative structures on India's nuclear decisions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 From Non-proliferation to Counterproliferation: The Regime’s Conceptual Crisis
• 3 The State and the Regime: The Complex Interplay of Actors, Norms and Interests
• 4 India, NPT and the Non-proliferation Regime
• 5 The Routes to Nuclear Disarmament: An Indian Perspective
• 6 Counterproliferation: The Quest for an Indian Strategy
• 7 India’s Participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative: The Counterproliferation Case Study
• 8 India’s Role in Global Anti-proliferation: The Post Nuclear Deal Agenda
• 9 Conclusion
• Select Bibliography
• Index