Global Nuclear Disarmament by Nik Hynek, Michal Smetana - 9781138832725

Taylor & Francis

Global Nuclear DisarmamentStrategic, Political, and Regional Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Nik Hynek, Michal Smetana\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138832725, 978-1138832725\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the issue of nuclear disarmament in different strategic, political, and regional contexts.\n\nThis volume seeks to provide a rich theoretical and practical insight to one of the major topics in the field of international security: global abolishment of nuclear weapons. Renewed calls for a nuclear weapons-free world have sparked a wide academic debate on both the attainability of such goal and the steps that should be taken. Comparably less attention, however, has been paid to theoretically informed considerations of the consequences of nuclear abolition. Comprising essays from leading scholars and experts within the field, this collection discusses the fundamental theoretical and conceptual foundations of nuclear di.