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Securitising proliferation, failing security governance : the European Union’s role in India and Pakistan’s nuclear rivalry
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Hassan, Oz (2013) Securitising proliferation, failing security governance : the European Union’s role in India and Pakistan’s nuclear rivalry. Asia Europe Journal, Volume 11 (Number 2). pp. 93-112. doi:10.1007/s10308-013-0341-y ISSN 1610-2932.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-013-0341-y
Abstract
In 2003, the European Union declared the threat of weapons of mass destruction ‘potentially the greatest threat to our security’ and increasingly called for the issue of nuclear proliferation to be managed within its preferred multilateral security governance frameworks. In spite of this, and the increased securitisation of proliferation, the EU has fundamentally continued its historical record of failing to engage with India and Pakistan’s nuclear rivalry, and has not been able to move significantly beyond a relationship with South Asia based on trade and aid. This is deeply problematic given the regional instability posed by the Indo-Pakistani enduring rivalry, and the fact that Pakistan is not only an unstable nuclear weapons state, but has been known to harbour international terrorists and nuclear proliferators. Given these conditions, as the EU acknowledges, the stakes of failing to engage could not be higher. A deeper analysis of EU engagement, however, demonstrates that EU security governance is limited, ineffectual, inconsistent and largely perceived as neo-colonial in what is the world’s most likely nuclear flashpoint. If the EU is to be considered a global actor in security governance, a key objective of the Treaty of Lisbon, then this needs to be redressed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Asia Europe Journal | ||||
ISSN: | 1610-2932 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 11 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 93-112 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10308-013-0341-y | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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