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1. The National Politics of Nuclear Power

   Economics, security, and governance

   By Benjamin Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis. The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century

   The New Disorder

   By Stephen J. Cimbala

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century. Nuclear weapons served as stabilizing forces during the Cold War, or the First Nuclear Age, on account of their capability for destruction, the fear that this created among...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Security

   Regimes, Norms and Moral Progress in International Relations

   By Denise Garcia

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book assesses how progress in disarmament diplomacy in the last decade has improved human security. In doing so, the book looks at three cases of the development of international norms in this arena. First, it traces how new international normative understandings have shaped the evolution of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Nuclear Energy and Global Governance

   Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation

   By Trevor Findlay

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation. Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

   Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World?

   By Sverre Lodgaard

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book examines the current debate on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, notably the international non-proliferation regime and how to implement its disarmament provisions. Discussing the requirements of a new international consensus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, this...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. International Conflict in the Asia-Pacific

   Patterns, Consequences and Management

   By Jacob Bercovitch, Mikio Oishi

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book analyses four major long-standing and intractable conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region (the Korean Peninsula; the Taiwan Strait; the South China Sea (Spratly Islands); and India-Pakistan), and aims to identify the mechanisms used to manage these conflicts. International Conflict in the...

   Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge
7. Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East

   Edited by Bernd Kubbig, Sven-Eric Fikenscher

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This edited volume provides a systematic analysis of the missile threat and proliferation issue in the Middle East region. The question of how to increase the level of security in the Middle East is not a new one, given the conflict-ridden nature of the region. The solution attempted for this...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
8. US Strategy in Africa

   AFRICOM, Terrorism and Security Challenges

   Edited by David J Francis

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book outlines the construction, interpretations and understanding of US strategy towards Africa in the early twenty-first century. No single issue or event in the recent decades in Africa has provoked so much controversy and unified hostility and opposition as the announcement by former...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
9. Nuclear Proliferation and International Order

   Challenges to the Non-Proliferation Treaty

   Edited by Olav Njølstad

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   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...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Iran’s Nuclear Programme

    Strategic Implications

    Edited by Joachim Krause

    Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

    This book examines the strategic implications of Iran’s nuclear programme, providing an inventory of the negotiations and a discussion of possible solutions to this pressing international security issue. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear programme has been the cause of one of the most extended...

    Published September 26th 2011 by Routledge