The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear: Australian Foreign Affairs 25
About this ebook
"For too long we have avoided thinking seriously about nuclear weapons . . . If those closest to us are preparing for a darker nuclear future, we need to talk about how we might survive in it." BRENDAN TAYLOR
As anxieties intensify about the reliability of the United States as a partner,
The Bomb examines the prospect of a nuclear arms race breaking out in Asia. Such a development would raise regional tensions to boiling point – and would leave countries such as Australia contemplating previously unthinkable options.
- Brendan Taylor surveys the outlook in Asia's potential next nuclear-armed powers, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia.
- Stephan Frühling & Andrew O'Neil ask whether and how Australia could access nuclear weapons, and if it should.
- Gareth Evans argues that Canberra must revive its commitment to leading the global effort for nuclear arms control.
- Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan analyses China's nuclear weapons expansion and the consequences for Australia.
- Gordon Noble & Nick Wood call for a new approach to climate investment in the Indo-Pacific.
PLUS Jennifer Parker on national security and Mark Harrison on Taiwan, and correspondence on AFA24: System Update from Olivia Shen, Marina Yue Zhang and Johanna Weaver & Zoe Jay Hawkins.
About the author
Jonathan Pearlman is the editor of Australian Foreign Affairs and the world editor of The Saturday Paper. He has been a foreign correspondent and a politics reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Straits Times and The Telegraph. He studied at the University of New South Wales and the University of Oxford.
