Nuclear weapons and international security : collected essays /
Ramesh Thakur.
- London : Routledge, c2015.
- xx, 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Routledge global security studies .
- Routledge global security studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the challenge of nuclear weapons -- Nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament : can the power of ideas tame the power of the state? -- The nuclear debate -- Envisioning nuclear futures -- The last bang before a total ban : French nuclear testing in the Pacific -- The nuclear option in India's security policy -- The South Asian nuclear challenge -- The inconsequential gains and lasting insecurities of India's nuclear weaponization -- Follow the yellowcake road : balancing Australia's security, commercial and bilateral national interests against international anti-nuclear interests -- Capping North Korea's weapons and Iran's capability -- Stepping stones to a nuclear-weapon-free world -- NPT regime change : has the good become the enemy of the best? -- The global governance architecture of nuclear security -- The problem of nuclear weapons and what to do about it.