Religion and Nuclear Weapons: A Study of Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan

Dr. Shameer Modongal teaches West Asian Studies at the University of Kerala. He completed PhD from the Centre for International Politics, Organization, Diplomacy and Disarmament (CIPOD) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His book, Islamic Perspectives on International Conflict Resolution, was published by Routledge in 2022. In 2021, Vij Books published his edited book Counterterrorism and Global Security: Genesis, Responses and Challenges. Additionally, his works have appeared in many international peer-reviewed journals like Bandung: Journal of the Global South, Cogent Social Sciences, Defense & Security Analysis, Defence Studies, Digest of Middle East Studies, Insight Turkey, International Studies Review, Human Rights Review, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Politics, Religion & Ideology, Political Studies Review and Strategic Studies. He is also serving as an editor/reviewer of many international journals.

Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian is a Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist at Princeton University and a former spokesperson for Iran’s nuclear negotiators. His book on nuclear crisis, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir, was published in 2012 by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A second book, Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace, was released in May 2014. Routledge published his new book, A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction, in May 2020.
 

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Introduction 
Chapter I Theoretical Explanation of Nuclearization and Non-Nuclearization 
Chapter II Role of Religion in Security Policies of the States  
Chapter III Role of Religion in Nuclear Policies of Iran 
Chapter IV Role of Religion in Nuclear Policies of Pakistan 
Conclusion 
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