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The Global Nuclear Landscape: Energy, Non-proliferation and Disarmament book cover

1st Edition

The Global Nuclear Landscape Energy, Non-proliferation and Disarmament

Edited By Manpreet Sethi Copyright 2023
306 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Like shifting sands of a desert, the global nuclear landscape changes every few years across its three main constituents - nuclear energy, non-proliferation and disarmament. Each of these has seen phases of cautious optimism, deep scepticism and outright pessimism over the last two decades. This book offers a bird’s eye view on all the three, even as the individual authors offer a worm’s eye view... Read more

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Nuclear Energy

1. Current Nuclear Energy Reality: Drivers and Challenges

Manpreet Sethi

2. India’s Nuclear Energy Scenario

Zoya Akhter

3. Emergence of Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and Opportunities

Manpreet Sethi and Zoya Akhter

4. Military Applications of Nuclear Power Plants

Anil Chopra

Nuclear Non-proliferation

5. Nuclear Doctrines of Great Powers and Vertical Nuclear Proliferation Trends

Abhishek Saxena

6. The State of the NPT: Challenges Ahead

Kanica Rakhra

7. The Iran Nuclear Imbroglio: End in Sight?

Sheel Kant Sharma

8. Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia: Will AUKUS Cause a New Arms Race?

Jagannath Panda

9. Contemporary Missile Developments in United States and Russia post-INF Treaty

Silky Kaur

10. Nuclear Missile Development Trends in Southern Asia: An Analysis from 2011 to 2021

Nasima Khatoon

11. The Threat of N-Terrorism: A Contemporary Assessment

Sitakanta Mishra

Nuclear Disarmament

12. Understanding Deterrence Breakdown in the Indian Context

Prakash Menon

13. Mapping Arms Control and CBMs: From Cold War Years to Present Times

R. Rajaraman

14. The Current State of Play in Nuclear Disarmament

Swaran Singh and Reshmi Kazi

15. Prospects of Nuclear Disarmament after the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Could New Opportunities Arise?

Manpreet Sethi

Index

Biography

Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, has been leading the project on Nuclear Security at the Centre for the last 20 years. She is an expert on the entire spectrum of nuclear issues ranging from nuclear energy, strategy, non-proliferation, disarmament, arms control and ballistic missile defence. She has authored, edited and co-authored eight books and three monographs. She also has published over 100 papers in books/academic journals of repute. Her book Nuclear Strategy: India's March towards Crediblev Deterrence (2009) is deemed essential reading at many colleges and armed forces institutions.

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