Nuclear authority : the IAEA and the absolute weapon / Robert L. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Robert L. (Robert Louis), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Atomic Energy Agency.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear industry--Security measures.

Nuclear industry.

Physical Description:

xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Robert L. Brown has written both a history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and an analysis of how it has transformed from a weak agent of multilateral cooperation into a strong international nuclear authority over the past two decades. Today, it is one of the most powerful international organizations of any kind, with the ability to inspect and judge member states' nuclear programs and to issue rules and commands regarding nuclear issues. The IAEA also plays an important role in counterproliferation enforcement. Brown argues that the IAEA has been able to acquire power over states on nuclear issues because states have realized that they need, for both political and technological reasons, the IAEA to supply nuclear policy cooperation and to be an agent for nuclear safety and security. The IAEA is in the news on an almost weekly basis, and this book will provide the most in depth and up-to-date overview of the organization. The book will also explain the puzzle of why states would collectively create an agent to help them cooperate, only to see that agent acquire power over them.

Contents:

Theory of authority

The birth of the IAEA, 1945/1961

The adolescence of the agency, 1962/1985

The IAEA challenged, 1986/1998

Nuclear authority, 1998-2013.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index.

ISBN:

9781626161825

1626161828

9781626161832

1626161836

OCLC:

884500192