This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the role of nuclear weapons in Asia since 1945, its implications for regional and global security, and theconditions under which more Asian countries might seek to acquire a nuclear capability in the future. It focuses in particular on understanding the nuclearproliferation networks that enabled small and middle ranking powers such as Pakistan and North Korea to pursue nuclear weapons programs. Three networks areincluded: the Soviet network which allowed for the proliferation of nuclear technologies to India, and also to North Korea, the Chinese network which provided missile technology to North Korea, and nuclear technology to Pakistan, and, the A.Q. Khan network which transferred nuclear weapons technology from Pakistan to North Korea, and missile technology from North Korea to Pakistan.ChungMin Lee considers the pressures upon other Asian powers to go nuclear, particularly Japan and South Korea as a response to the North Korea nuclear program,and Taiwan as a response to China; the role of key forces including the rise of new asymmetrical military capabilities in Asian militaries, and the complexinterplay between failing states, weapons of mass destruction and transnational terror groups. INDICE: Part 1: Proliferation Networks. Preface. Introduction 1. Nuclear Weapons in Asia and Proliferation Networks Part 2: Nuclear Pandora’s Arc 2. Proliferation Before and After the A.Q. Khan Network 3. Failed States and Nuclear Weapons Part 3: Tipping Points and New Security Dilemmas 4. Tipping Points: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan 5. Deterrence and New Security Dilemmas Part 4: A Brave New World? 6. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia and Consequences for Global Security.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-42825-5
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés