The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order

The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 214
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781351701372
ISBN-13 : 1351701371
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order by : Tanvi Pate

Download or read book The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order written by Tanvi Pate and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Post-Cold War era, US nuclear foreign policies towards India witnessed a major turnaround as a demand for ‘cap, reduce, eliminate’ under the Clinton administration was replaced by the implementation of the historic ‘civil nuclear deal’ in 2008 by Bush, a policy which continued under Obama’s administration. This book addresses the change in US nuclear foreign policy by focusing on three core categories of identity, inequality, and great power narratives. Building upon the theoretical paradigm of critical constructivism, the concept of the ‘state’ is problematised by focusing on identity-related questions arguing that the ‘state’ becomes a constructed entity standing as valid only within relations of identity and difference. Focusing on postcolonial principles, Pate argues that imperialism as an organising principle of identity/difference enables us to understand how difference was maintained in unequal terms through US nuclear foreign policy. This manifested in five great power narratives constructed around peace and justice; India-Pakistan deterrence; democracy; economic progress; and scientific development. Identities of ‘race’, ‘political economy’, and ‘gender’, in terms of ‘radical otherness’ and ‘otherness’ were recurrently utilised through these narratives to maintain a difference enabling the respective administrations to maintain ‘US’ identity as a progressive and developed western nation, intrinsically justifying the US role as an arbiter of the global nuclear order. A useful work for scholars researching identity construction and US foreign and security policies, US-India bilateral nuclear relations, South Asian nuclear politics, critical security, and postcolonial studies.


The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order Related Books

The United States, India and the Global Nuclear Order
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Tanvi Pate
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-13 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the Post-Cold War era, US nuclear foreign policies towards India witnessed a major turnaround as a demand for ‘cap, reduce, eliminate’ under the Clinton
India's Nuclear Bomb
Language: en
Pages: 676
Authors: George Perkovich
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Publisher Fact Sheet The definitive history of India's long flirtation with nuclear capability, culminating in the nuclear tests that surprised the world in May
Global Nuclear Order
Language: en
Pages: 180
Authors: Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-26 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book examines the importance of global nuclear order, emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it, and its significance in interna
The China-India Nuclear Crossroads
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Lora Saalman
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-10 - Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Global power is shifting to Asia. The U.S. military is embarking on an American "pivot" to the Indo-Pacific region, and the bulk of global arms spending is dire
India-United States Cooperation on Global Security
Language: en
Pages: 186
Authors: Committee on India-United States Cooperation on Global Security: Technical Aspects of Civilian Nuclear Materials Security
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-14 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The U.S. government has made safeguarding of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium an international policy priority, and convened The 2010 Nuclear