India has been a long-time supporter of nuclear disarmament. Much before other countries supported these measures, India had proposed universal nuclear disarmament, a nuclear test ban treaty as well as a freeze on the production of fissile material. Opinion is however divided on India’s approach and rationale behind pursuing disarmament. Some call it utopian while others describe it as a pragmatic approach that suited India’s national security needs at that time. India has always had a peculiar relationship with the nuclear non-proliferation regimes. India stressed disarmament as a solution for nuclear proliferation and has viewed nuclear disarmament as enhancing its security interests. This article divides India’s advocacy of global nuclear disarmament into six phases beginning from India’s independence in 1947 to the current period when two parallel tracks have emerged in India’s nuclear diplomacy—one track has continued with its traditional advocacy of universal nuclear disarmament, while the second track where it has engaged with the prevailing non-proliferation regime. India’s nuclear disarmament diplomacy has moved away from moral and ethical considerations to highlighting national security considerations. It is no longer anchored on the ‘disarmament or no disarmament’ question as the traditional disarmament advocacy of India often posed. Instead, the current Indian diplomacy is focused on the emerging rules and frameworks of governance in international security matters and how India can be part of it—multilaterally or through coalition of like-minded partners.

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印度与核裁军：植根于国家安全考虑的探索

印度长期以来一直是核裁军的支持者。早在其他国家支持这些措施之前，印度就提出了普遍核裁军、禁止核试验条约以及冻结裂变材料的生产。然而，人们对印度追求裁军的方法和理由存在分歧。有人称其为乌托邦，而另一些人则将其描述为适合当时印度国家安全需求的务实方法。印度一直与核不扩散制度有着特殊的关系。印度强调裁军是核扩散的解决方案，并将核裁军视为加强其安全利益。本文将印度倡导全球核裁军分为六个阶段，从 1947 年印度独立到目前印度核外交出现两条平行轨道——一个轨道延续了其传统倡导的普遍核裁军，而第二个轨道它参与了现行的不扩散制度。印度的核裁军外交已经从道德和伦理考虑转向突出国家安全考虑。它不再像印度传统的裁军倡导经常提出的那样，围绕“裁军还是不裁军”的问题。反而，