2. Economic Statecraft and Atoms for Peace: A Theory of Peaceful Nuclear Assistance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction: Unintended Consequences in International Politics 1
7. 1. Definitions and Patterns of Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation 13
8. Part I. Atoms for Peace
9. 2. Economic Statecraft and Atoms for Peace: A Theory of Peaceful Nuclear Assistance 33
10. 3. The Historical Record: A First Cut 49
11. 4. Nuclear Arms and Influence: Assisting India, Iran, and Libya 81
12. 5. The Thirst for Oil and Other Motives: Nine Puzzling Cases of Assistance 110
13. 6. Oil for Peaceful Nuclear Assistance? 129
14. Part II. Atoms for War
15. 7. Spreading Temptation: Why Nuclear Export Strategies Backfire 143
16. 8. Who Builds Bombs? How Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Facilitates the Spread of Nuclear Weapons 180
17. 9. Have International Institutions Made the World Safer? 207
18. Conclusion: What Peaceful Nuclear Assistance Teaches Us about International Relations 239
19. Notes 257
20. Index 309