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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the 2008 USâIndia nuclear cooperation agreement. Employing the regime theory, it argues that the agreement was not an impromptu overturn of the US nuclear nonproliferation policy or of the NPT-centric regime but, rather, a strategic move to accommodate the anomaly within the regime based on a long process of bilateral dialogue.
Trade ReviewBhatia's book is a comprehensive, substantial, and timely study of the Indo-US nuclear agreement. It ably traces the evolution of the discussions surrounding the accord, highlights its vicissitudes, and examines the factors that led to its culmination. The book will be of considerable interest to those interested in the politics of nuclear proliferation as well as the emerging Indo-US strategic partnership. -- Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
Table of ContentsChapter 1: U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement: Mapping the Debates Chapter 2: Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and India: An Anomaly Chapter 3: Pokhran II: Defiance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Chapter 4: Post-Pokhran II (1998-2000): Shifting of Nuclear Goalposts? Chapter 5: Reorientation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Chapter 6: The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement: Accommodating the Anomaly
