Global Nuclear Order

<p>This book examines the importance of global nuclear order emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it and its significance in international politics.</p><p>Addressing a gap in existing literature this book provides an introduction to nuclear weapon states and their relationship with the global nuclear order/disorder paradigm. It explores four main themes and aims to:</p><p>1. conceptualise the dichotomous paradigm of global nuclear order/disorder;</p><p>2. outline the different phases of global nuclear order/disorder from 1945 to present;</p><p>3. address the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the wider international nuclear non-proliferation regime;</p><p>4. provide an overview of every nuclear weapon state’s national nuclear doctrines throughout the years.</p><p>The book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation global governance security studies Cold War studies foreign policy and IR more generally.</p>