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After fission : recognition and contestation in the atomic age /

Hamidi, Sidra,

After fission : recognition and contestation in the atomic age / Sidra Hamidi. - 1. - x, 209 pages. 23 cm.

Includes index.

1. The puzzle of nuclear status -
2. Becoming nuclear -
3. The NPT and its discontents -
4. Nuclear testing and the instrumental value of (non)nuclear status -
5. Nuclear rights, responsibility and the status anxiety of Iran and North Korea -
6. The future of conflict in nuclear politics.

"Examining the social construction of nuclear and non-nuclear states, After Fission explores how material capability interacts with social concepts like recognition and status in international politics. It will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the nuclear programs of India, Israel, Iran and North Korea in a new way"--

9781009607179 (paperback)

2025027712

327.1 HAM