Beschreibung:
Simply not another book on nuclear proliferation, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani provides refreshingly new empirical evidence and theoretical analysis on how epistemic communities have affected nuclear non-proliferation policy formulation.
1. Understanding the Role of Experts in the Creation of Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements 2. Applying the Epistemic Community Framework to Analyze the Creation of Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements 3. Argentina and Brazil's "Suspected" Nuclear Weapons Program and the Emergence of an Epistemic Community 4. Examining the Influence of the Argentine-Brazilian Epistemic Community in the Creation of ABACC 5. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine's Nuclear Legacy: The Emergence of an Epistemic Community 6. Examining the Influence of the American and Soviet/Russian Epistemic Community in the Creation of the CTR Program 7. Reflecting on the Role of Epistemic Communities in Furthering Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements