Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine
Mr. Abhishek Verma is a Research Analyst at the Internal Security Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He has completed his Master’s… Continue reading Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine read more
Volume:47
Issue:3
Book Review
The book, Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine by Mariana Budjeryn explores the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of nuclear disarmament in Ukraine, the world’s third-largest strategic nuclear weapon State. More broadly, it aims at understanding how the confluence of power and the international normative environment reinforce each other in order to shape nuclear decision-making in particular and international politics in general.
