The nuclear renaissance and international security / edited by Adam N. Stulberg and Matthew Fuhrmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stulberg, Adam N., 1963-

Fuhrmann, Matthew, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interest in nuclear energy has surged in recent years, yet there are risks that accompany the global diffusion of nuclear power-especially the possibility that the spread of nuclear energy will facilitate nuclear weapons proliferation. In this book, leading experts analyze the tradeoffs associated with nuclear energy and put the nuclear renaissance in historical context, evaluating both the causes and the strategic effects of nuclear energy development. They probe critical issues relating to the nuclear renaissance, including if and how peaceful nuclear programs contribute to nucl

Contents:

Introduction : understanding the nuclear renaissance / Adam N. Stulberg and Matthew Fuhrmann

Correlates of nuclear energy : back to the future or back to basics? / Bernard Gourley and Adam N. Stulberg

Where, how, and why will nuclear happen? : nuclear "renaissance" discourses from buyers and suppliers / Allison Macfarlane

Nuclear suppliers and the renaissance in nuclear power / Matthew Fuhrmann

Internationalization of the fuel cycle and the nuclear energy renaissance : confronting the credible commitment problem / Adam N. Stulberg

Vaunted hopes : climate change and the unlikely nuclear renaissance / Joshua William Busby

The politics of the nuclear renaissance : a comment / Christopher Way

Stop helping me : when nuclear assistance impedes nuclear programs / Alexander H. Montgomery

The nuclear renaissance and nuclear weapons proliferation / Matthew Kroenig

Consequences of the nuclear renaissance for non-state nuclear trafficking / Justin V. Hastings

The logic of nuclear patronage : a comment / Erik Gartzke

Nuclear weapons programs and the security dilemma / Kyle Beardsley and Victor Asal

Nuclear power and militarized conflict : is there a link? / Michael C. Horowitz

He global nuclear renaissance and the spread of violent conflict : a comment / Dan Reiter

Conclusion : what future for nuclear energy? / Matthew Fuhrmann and Adam N. Stulberg.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804785303

0804785309

OCLC:

826855536