Parmanu Politics: Indian Political Parties And Nuclear Weapons

About the book:- This study focusing on the nuclear-politics interface examines which political party should be given credit and how much in shaping Indias nuclear weapons policy. Taking into account the views of the Congress BJP and CPI {M) the study concludes that there is no single mother of Indias nuclear bomb. In the process it approves the assumption t hat national political leadership not the political parties is paramount in Indias nuclear weapons decision making. Furthermore nuclear policy does not change with the change of government and changes despite the same party forms the government again. The study highlights how the issue of nuclear weapon has an awesome appearance on the Indian political scene during the last six-decade. Thematically the book attempts to identify the trends in the policies of the three parties especially on the role of nuclear weapons in national security domestic politics and non-proliferation regime to speculate on the contours of Indias future nuclear weapons policy. About The Author:- Dr. Sitakanta Mishra is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies New Delhi and the Associate Editor of Indian Foreign Affairs Journal (New Delhi) published by Association of Indian Diplomats Sapru House. Dr Mishra has also worked with the Indian Pugwash Society New Delhi From September-December 2013 he wasa Visiting Research Fellow at the Cooperative Monitoring Centre of Sandia National Laboratories (USA) and from April-August 2014 a Visiting Scholar with the US Civilian Research Development Foundation (CRDF). Dr. Mishra received his Ph.D. in South Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi in 2011. He also hold san M.Phil. degree from JNU and Master degree in International Politics from Utkal University. He has authored the book Cruise Missiles: Evolution Proliferation and Future (2011) and the monograph The Challenge of Nuclear Terror(2008 ).To his credit Dr. Mishra has many nation