Atomic assistance
Subtitle: how "atoms for peace" programs cause nuclear insecurity
By: Matthew Fuhrmann
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs; Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801450907; 9780801478116
Subjects: International Security; Nuclear industry; Nuclear nonproliferation; International cooperation; Technical assistance; Technology transfer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : unintended consequences in international politics; title: Definitions and patterns of peaceful nuclear cooperation; title: Economic statecraft and atoms for peace : a theory of peaceful nuclear assistance; title: The historical record : a first cut; title: Nuclear arms and influence : assisting India, Iran, and Libya; title: The thirst for oil and other motives : nine puzzling cases of assistance; title: Oil for peaceful nuclear assistance?; title: Spreading temptation : why nuclear export strategies backfire; title: Who builds bombs? : how peaceful nuclear cooperation facilitates the spread of nuclear weapons; title: Have international institutions made the world safer?; title: Conclusion : what peaceful nuclear assistance teaches us about international relations.