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Atomic assistance : how "atoms for peace" programs cause nuclear insecurity /

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Main Author: Fuhrmann, Matthew, 1980-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
Nuclear nonproliferation > International cooperation.
Nuclear industry > International cooperation.
Technology transfer > International cooperation.
Technical assistance > International cooperation.
Security, International.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : unintended consequences in international politics
  • Definitions and patterns of peaceful nuclear cooperation
  • Economic statecraft and atoms for peace : a theory of peaceful nuclear assistance
  • The historical record : a first cut
  • Nuclear arms and influence : assisting India, Iran, and Libya
  • The thirst for oil and other motives : nine puzzling cases of assistance
  • Oil for peaceful nuclear assistance?
  • Spreading temptation : why nuclear export strategies backfire
  • Who builds bombs? : how peaceful nuclear cooperation facilitates the spread of nuclear weapons
  • Have international institutions made the world safer?
  • Conclusion : what peaceful nuclear assistance teaches us about international relations.