ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts covered in the preceding chapters of the book. This book offers a unique and contemporary insight into the dynamics of nuclear politics in Asia. It explores the changing nuclear trends globally, with particular reference to the United States, Russia, China, Europe and emerging nuclear powers such as North Korea, India, Pakistan and Israel over the past decade. The book demonstrates how the nuclear non-proliferation regime has to move beyond the policy objectives stated in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) due to the changing nature of the international system in which the likelihood of violent non-state actors attaining some form of nuclear weapon capabilities cannot be ruled out. It provides a critical appraisal of the United States' two-decades-long non-proliferation policy of coercive diplomacy, in which the threat of military action or inducing measures such as sanctions are used to supplement diplomatic endeavours.
