India's Nuclear Bomb and National Security (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business)

india's Nuclear Bomb And National Security Gives An Analytic Account Of The Dynamics Of India's Nuclear Build Up. It Puts Forward A New Comprehensive Model, Which Goes Beyond The Classic Strategic Model Of Accepting Motives Of Arming Behaviour, And Incorporates The Dynamics In India's Nuclear Programme. The Core Argument Of The Book Surrounds The Question About India's Security Considerations And Their Impact On India's Nuclear Policy Development. karsten Frey Explores This Analytic Model By Including Explanatory Variables On The Unit-level, Where Interests Are Generally Related To Symbolic, Less Strategic Values Attributed To Nuclear Weapons. These Play A Significant Role Within India's Domestic Political Party Competition And Among Certain Pressure Groups. They Also Impacted India's Relationship With Other Countries On Non-proliferation Matters, For Example The Concept Of The Country's 'status' And 'prestige'. identifying The Role Of The Strategic Elite In Determining India's Nuclear Course, This Book Also Argues That One Of The Pivotal Driving Forces Behind India's Quest For The Nuclear Bomb Is India's Struggle For International Recognition And The Strong, Often Obsessive Sensitivities Of India's Elite Regarding 'acts Of Discrimination' Or 'ignorance' By The West Towards India. "This book gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build-up. In contrast to conventional studies on the issue, the author puts forward a new model, which goes beyond the classic strategic concept of accepting security-related motives of arming behaviour. According to this, the structural conditions of India's regional security environment were permissive to India's nuclear development but not sufficient to make India's nuclearization imperative for maintaining its national security. At the core of the argument lies the question about India's security considerations and their impact on India's nuclear policy development. The author explores this analytic model by including explanatory variables on the unit-level, where interests are generally related to symbolic, less strategic, values attributed to nuclear weapons. These play a significant role within India's domestic political party competition and among certain pressure groups. They have also influenced India's relationship with other countries on non-proliferation matters. This book identifies the role of the strategic elite in determining India's nuclear course. Furthermore, it argues that one of the pivotal driving forces behind India's quest for the nuclear bomb is India's struggle for international recognition and the strong, often obsessive sensitivities of India's elite regarding perceived 'acts of discrimination' or 'ignorance' by the West towards India."--Provided by publisher "This book gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build-up. In contrast to conventional studies on the issue, the author puts forward a new model, which goes beyond the classic strategic concept of accepting security-related motives of arming behaviour. According to this, the structural conditions of India's regional security environment were permissive to India's nuclear development but not sufficient to make India's nuclearization imperative for maintaining its national security. At the core of the argument lies the question about India's security considerations and their impact on India's nuclear policy development."--BOOK JACKET Karsten Frey gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build up, putting forward a new comprehensive model which goes beyond the classic strategic model of accepting motives of arming behaviour, and incorporates the dynamics in India's nuclear programme.