China and Global Nuclear Order: From Estrangement to Active Engagement

by Nicola Horsburgh

Book Overview

This book offers an empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949.

China's behaviour as a nuclear weapons state is a major determinant of global and regional security. For the United States, there is no other nuclear actor -- with the exception of Russia-- that matters more to its long-term national security. However, China's behaviour and impact on global...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198706111
• ISBN13: 9780198706113
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"