India Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime Perennial Outlier A. Vi… 9781107056626 VG

India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation RegimeThe Perennial Outlier\nAuthor(s): A. Vinod Kumar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107056626, 978-1107056626\nSynopsis\nThe book is a comprehensive study of India's relationship with the non-proliferation regime, and its transformative evolution from a perennial outlier to one seeking greater integration with the regime and its normative structures. The highlight of this study is its incisive conceptual analysis of the regime as a functional system and its structural complexities, which brings forth new insights on the regime's core ideas like non-proliferation and counter-proliferation. The book also provides an extensive non-Western narrative on the concept of counter-proliferation and its conceivable role and influence in the regime. It breaks new ground in explaining India's quest for an anti-proliferation strategy, which could determine its stat.