India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
The Perennial Outlier

This book provides a holistic examination of India's relationship with the non-proliferation regime and its dominant structures.

A. Vinod Kumar (Author)

9781107056626, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 April 2014

247 pages
23.7 x 16 x 1.8 cm, 0.55 kg

'This book successfully brings out a whole gamut of … complex questions to the fore, answers to which have remained fluid, with ever evolving newer analyses and interpretations.' Swaran Singh, H-Net

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.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. From non-proliferation to counter-proliferation: 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. Counter-proliferation: the quest for an Indian strategy
7. India's participation in the proliferation security initiative: the counter-proliferation case study
8. India's role in global anti-proliferation: the post nuclear deal agenda
9. Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Nuclear weapons [JWMN], Arms negotiation & control [JPSF], International relations [JPS], Comparative politics [JPB]