Introduction

The introduction of this book presents the broader structure and opens up the main theme of the proposed volume discussing contemporary evolving global security environment and its impact on nuclear disarmament. The book looks into the issues which continue to be obstacles in the way of convincing the nuclear weapon states (NWS) on nuclear disarmament. The book unravels the gap between competing approaches such as traditional security-centric aspects and humanity-centred disarmament perspectives and identifies need for a fresh mechanism arguing that the divide between competing approaches can be bridged by creating new security environment.