About the Book: Nuclear Weapons and National Security: Emerging Challenges for
Asia
This book critically examines and analyses the linkages between nuclear weapons
and national security, with a special focus on contemporary Asia. Particular
attention has been paid to the issues of nuclear non-proliferation and Ballistic
Missile Defence. Quite significantly, this book has seriously investigated the
nuclear weapons programme of North Korea and Iran and its implications for the
global efforts towards disarmament. It has also examined the comparative
strength and weakness of the nuclear doctrine and policy perspectives of China
and Japan in this context. It has also traced the genesis and rationale of
national Messile Defence