Emerging Asian Nuclear Environment: Implecations for India

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The cent re of gravity of global power is shifting to the Asia-Pacific. The present global nuclear order is under stress and in a state of flux. The non-proliferation regime is facing multiple challenges ranging from non-compliance and clandestine nuclear weapons development. The prospects of nuclear terrorism have increased. An equally important development is the civilian nuclear renaissance. A constant source of tension within the global nuclear order is the need to reconcile their voluntary renunciati9on of nuclear weapons with the right to have access to nuclear energy. Several countries in Asia have ambitious nuclear energy pro gramme despite japan's triple disaster of 'Earthquake', Tsunami and nuclear accident at Fukushima. These developments, thus, have brought the issues of nuclear security, nuclear safety, nuclear energy and the nuclear proliferation to the cent re stage of the global and regional nuclear agenda. Asia has number of countries with overt and suspected nuclear weapons programme. The future contours of the global nuclear order would be greatly determined by the nuclear postures of the Asian countries and the responses of the Nuclear Weapon States to non-proliferation and disarmament. The study The Emerging Asian Nuclear Environment; Implications for India seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the diverse nuclear challenges and issues. They area; evolution of the nuclear non proliferation regime; from non-proliferation to counter proliferation; the new global nuclear agenda; Pakistan's role in the emerging Asian nuclear Order; China's nuclear and missile programme with a focus on China's nuclear and missile programme with a focus on China's proliferation record and China Pakistan nuclear nexus; Japan's nuclear option and the East Asian geopolitics, North Korea's nuclear and missile programme, and its impact on the future of Japan's nuclear terrorism and nuclear security; nuclear energy renaissance; and India's nuclear power programme particularly the bilateral cooperation agreements with various countries after the NSG waiver. The book examines at length the evolving nuclear and missile environment and its over all implications for India, and particularly the manner in which it impinges on India's security.