Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, has been leading the project on Nuclear Security at the Centre for the last 20 years. She is an expert on the entire spectrum of nuclear issues ranging from nuclear energy, strategy, non-proliferation, disarmament, arms control and ballistic missile defence. She has authored, edited and co-authored eight books and three monographs. She also has published over 100 papers in books/academic journals of repute. Her book Nuclear Strategy: India's March towards Crediblev Deterrence (2009) is deemed essential reading at many colleges and armed forces institutions.

• Preface Contributors Introduction Nuclear Energy1. Current Nuclear Energy Reality: Drivers and ChallengesManpreet Sethi2. India’s Nuclear Energy ScenarioZoya Akhter3. Emergence of Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and OpportunitiesManpreet Sethi and Zoya Akhter4. Military Applications of Nuclear Power PlantsAnil ChopraNuclear Non-proliferation5. Nuclear Doctrines of Great Powers and Vertical Nuclear Proliferation TrendsAbhishek Saxena6. The State of the NPT: Challenges AheadKanica Rakhra7. The Iran Nuclear Imbroglio: End in Sight?Sheel Kant Sharma8. Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia: Will AUKUS Cause a New Arms Race? Jagannath Panda9. Contemporary Missile Developments in United States and Russia post-INF TreatySilky Kaur10. Nuclear Missile Development Trends in Southern Asia: An Analysis from 2011 to 2021Nasima Khatoon11. The Threat of N-Terrorism: A Contemporary AssessmentSitakanta MishraNuclear Disarmament12. Understanding Deterrence Breakdown in the Indian Context Prakash Menon13. Mapping Arms Control and CBMs: From Cold War Years to Present TimesR. Rajaraman14. The Current State of Play in Nuclear DisarmamentSwaran Singh and Reshmi Kazi15. Prospects of Nuclear Disarmament after the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Could New Opportunities Arise? Manpreet SethiIndex

Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, has been leading the project on Nuclear Security at the Centre for the last 20 years. She is an expert on the entire spectrum of nuclear issues ranging from nuclear energy, strategy, non-proliferation, disarmament, arms control and ballistic missile defence. She has authored, edited and co-authored eight books and three monographs. She also has published over 100 papers in books/academic journals of repute. Her book Nuclear Strategy: India's March towards Crediblev Deterrence (2009) is deemed essential reading at many colleges and armed forces institutions.

• Preface Contributors Introduction Nuclear Energy1. Current Nuclear Energy Reality: Drivers and ChallengesManpreet Sethi2. India’s Nuclear Energy ScenarioZoya Akhter3. Emergence of Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and OpportunitiesManpreet Sethi and Zoya Akhter4. Military Applications of Nuclear Power PlantsAnil ChopraNuclear Non-proliferation5. Nuclear Doctrines of Great Powers and Vertical Nuclear Proliferation TrendsAbhishek Saxena6. The State of the NPT: Challenges AheadKanica Rakhra7. The Iran Nuclear Imbroglio: End in Sight?Sheel Kant Sharma8. Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia: Will AUKUS Cause a New Arms Race? Jagannath Panda9. Contemporary Missile Developments in United States and Russia post-INF TreatySilky Kaur10. Nuclear Missile Development Trends in Southern Asia: An Analysis from 2011 to 2021Nasima Khatoon11. The Threat of N-Terrorism: A Contemporary AssessmentSitakanta MishraNuclear Disarmament12. Understanding Deterrence Breakdown in the Indian Context Prakash Menon13. Mapping Arms Control and CBMs: From Cold War Years to Present TimesR. Rajaraman14. The Current State of Play in Nuclear DisarmamentSwaran Singh and Reshmi Kazi15. Prospects of Nuclear Disarmament after the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Could New Opportunities Arise? Manpreet SethiIndex

Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, has been leading the project on Nuclear Security at the Centre for the last 20 years. She is an expert on the entire spectrum of nuclear issues ranging from nuclear energy, strategy, non-proliferation, disarmament, arms control and ballistic missile defence. She has authored, edited and co-authored eight books and three monographs. She also has published over 100 papers in books/academic journals of repute. Her book Nuclear Strategy: India's March towards Crediblev Deterrence (2009) is deemed essential reading at many colleges and armed forces institutions.

• Preface Contributors Introduction Nuclear Energy1. Current Nuclear Energy Reality: Drivers and ChallengesManpreet Sethi2. India’s Nuclear Energy ScenarioZoya Akhter3. Emergence of Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and OpportunitiesManpreet Sethi and Zoya Akhter4. Military Applications of Nuclear Power PlantsAnil ChopraNuclear Non-proliferation5. Nuclear Doctrines of Great Powers and Vertical Nuclear Proliferation TrendsAbhishek Saxena6. The State of the NPT: Challenges AheadKanica Rakhra7. The Iran Nuclear Imbroglio: End in Sight?Sheel Kant Sharma8. Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia: Will AUKUS Cause a New Arms Race? Jagannath Panda9. Contemporary Missile Developments in United States and Russia post-INF TreatySilky Kaur10. Nuclear Missile Development Trends in Southern Asia: An Analysis from 2011 to 2021Nasima Khatoon11. The Threat of N-Terrorism: A Contemporary AssessmentSitakanta MishraNuclear Disarmament12. Understanding Deterrence Breakdown in the Indian Context Prakash Menon13. Mapping Arms Control and CBMs: From Cold War Years to Present TimesR. Rajaraman14. The Current State of Play in Nuclear DisarmamentSwaran Singh and Reshmi Kazi15. Prospects of Nuclear Disarmament after the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Could New Opportunities Arise? Manpreet SethiIndex