ABSTRACT

The contributors to this book explore approaches to building a framework for nuclear governance in the Asia-Pacific – encompassing nuclear safety, security, and safeguards/non-proliferation.

Nuclear governance collaboration offers an avenue for states in the Asia-Pacific to tackle the emerging opportunities for and challenges to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the civilian applications of nuclear and radioactive materials. The nature of national actions, bilateral initiatives and regional cooperation in capacity building taking place in East Asia provides a good foundation to pursue a more robust collaborative framework for nuclear governance in the wider Asia-Pacific region. The contributors to this book explore the most critical nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation issues faced by states in the Asia-Pacific and the growing cooperation spearheaded by Southeast Asian countries, China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.

This book is a valuable read for academics working on security and strategic studies, international relations, non-traditional security issues as well as nuclear-related issues.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

Nuclear governance in the Asia-Pacific

chapter 2|20 pages

Asia-Pacific regional nuclear governance

Fragmented, patchy, yet fixable?

chapter 3|32 pages

The missing piece?

The US approach to nuclear governance in Asia

chapter 4|22 pages

Nuclear governance in China

National efforts and regional contributions

chapter 6|17 pages

Nuclear governance in South Korea

National actions and regional contributions

chapter 8|24 pages

Nuclear governance in Southeast Asia

Practices, challenges and future pathways