European Union's Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy

<p>This book looks at European Union (EU)'s attempts to manage the risks associated with nuclear<br>non-proliferation and assesses its performance and external challenges. The introductory<br>section delves into current academic scholarship elucidating the concepts of contestation and<br>performance. The second section provides an overview of the historical and institutional<br>evolution and the third scrutinises the performance. The final section examines present policy<br>with case studies on the EU's bilateral relations with Iran and India. Adopting a focus on both<br>the development and performance of the EU’s non-proliferation and disarmament policy as<br>well as its contestation from non-Western countries this book provides a solid and innovative<br>contribution to existing debates on both the EU’s non-proliferation and foreign policy. The<br>book will appeal to scholars researchers and practitioners of International Relations European<br>Union Studies and Nuclear Non-proliferation as it provides an analysis of the intricacy of the<br>EU’s non-proliferation policy offering fresh perspectives and empirical evidence.</p><p>The Open Access version of this book available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.</p>