India's Nuclear Proliferation Policy - 9780367356286

Taylor & Francis

India's Nuclear Proliferation PolicyThe Impact of Secrecy on Decision Making, 19802010\nAuthor(s): Gaurav Kampani\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367356286, 978-0367356286\nSynopsis\nThis book examines Indias nuclear program, and it shows how secrecy inhibits learning in states and corrodes the capacity of decision-makers to generate optimal policy choices.\n\nFocusing on clandestine Indian nuclear proliferation during [tel], the book argues that efficient decision-making is dependent on strongly established knowledge actors, high information turnover and the capacity of leaders to effectively monitor their agents. When secrecy concerns prevent states from institutionalizing these processes, leaders tend to rely more on heuristics and less on rational thought processes in choices involving matters of great political uncertainty and technical complexity. Conversely, decision-making improves as secrecy declines an.