Universalizing Nuclear Nonproliferation Norms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 1-8

3. South Asian Proliferation Puzzle

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 9-22

4. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 23-42

5. Pakistan and India’s Approaches Toward Arms Control and Disarmament

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 43-61

6. Technology Control Regimes

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 63-83

7. Nuclear Governance in South Asia

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 85-100

8. Nuclear Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) in South Asia

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 101-118

9. Regional Nonproliferation Regime (RNR)

   • Adil Sultan

   Pages 119-139

10. Back Matter

    Pages 141-158

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This book suggests a new bargain between the NPT nuclear weapon states and the non-NPT nuclear weapons possessor states, mainly India and Pakistan, through a regional arrangement to help move towards universalization of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The author analyses nuclear proliferation drivers to understand why states acquire and justify possession of nuclear weapons even though most nuclear weapon states no longer are faced with an existential threat to their national security. This study also identifies various challenges being faced by the NPT based nuclear nonproliferation regime, which if left unaddressed, could unravel the nonproliferation regime. It also offers the history of confidence building measures between India and Pakistan, which could be a useful reference for negotiating a Regional Nonproliferation Regime (RNR) in the future. 

• NPT nuclear weapon states
• nuclear weapons
• nuclear energy security
• nuclear nonproliferation regime
• national security
• security studies
• South Asia
• India nuclear security
• Pakistan nuclear security
• global nonproliferation
• global nuclear disarmament
• non-NPT states
• NPT states
• partial test ban treaty (PTBT)
• International Arms Control
• arms control treaties
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• Technology Control Regimes
• nuclear governance

“This book and the framework it pronounces are solid and viable. The more India and Pakistan mend fences, the chances of its implementation will increase. Sultan’s study has made an important contribution in nonproliferation-related literature. The study’s main conclusions are instructive for practitioners and scholars alike. It also throws more research puzzles for South Asian watchers.” (Syed Ali Zia Jaffery, pakistanpolitico.com, 15 January, 2019)​ “Adil Sultan’s Regional Nonproliferation Regime proposal is worthy of serious debate.” (Michael Krepon, Co-founder, The Stimson Center, USA)

“Given his military background, long association with and insight into the policy making processes and his sound academic credentials Sultan is eminently qualified…The book adds an important new dimension to the existing literature dealing with non-proliferation issues and would be of great value to scholars and students of International Affairs and would also provide a wealth of information to the general readership as well.” (Naeem Salik, Senior Fellow, Center for International Strategic Studies, Pakistan)

“…an important and timely intervention to offer a regional nonproliferation model that could bring the two non-NPT states into the mainstream nonproliferation regime. Persuasive, articulate and prescient, this makes for a vital read.” (Adrian Levy, journalist, UK, and co-author of The Exile: The Flight of Osama Bin laden)

• Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, UK

  Adil Sultan

Adil Sultan is Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK. He has worked for over 13 years on nuclear arms control issues at Pakistan’s Strategic Plans Division (SPD).

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