Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Concept Note -- Russia's Nuclear Energy Diplomacy -- India's Nuclear Energy Security -- Pakistan's Nuclear Policy -- India's Nuclear Doctrine under Narendra Modi -- Dynamics of Deterrence in Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Confrontation -- China's Himalyan Strategy and Its Impact on Indo-Nepalese Relations -- Sea-Based Deterrence, The Third Dimension -- Approaches to the Study of Nuclear Non-proliferation and Selective Proliferation -- The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism in South Asia
China's Creeping Invasion of the South China Sea and India's Response -- Nuclear Disarmament: Global Options -- Nuclear Geopolitics in Asia -- The Kudankulam Nuclear Project for a Future India -- Defusing Weapons of Terror
Summary
The book explains the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) compulsions to commit its government in the election manifesto of 2014 to study the Indian Nuclear Doctrine (IND) and ""revise and update"" it to make it relevant to contemporary geostrategic realities. Contributors to this volume have cited Pakistan's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) and use of international terrorism (IT) as the main reasons for the BJP advocating a review of the IND. It is suggested that the addition of use of TNWs or IT by state or non-state actors in the existing IND is a sufficient cause for India to ensur
