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ID104078
Title ProperProliferation implications of civil nuclear cooperation
Other Title Informationtheory and a case study of Tito's Yugoslavia
LanguageENG
AuthorHymans, Jacques E C
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Programs of international civil nuclear cooperation-of "Atoms for Peace"-have come under growing criticism for unintentionally fostering nuclear weapons proliferation in developing countries. However, drawing on the literature on international technology transfer and on Albert Hirschman's theory of exit, voice, and loyalty, this article argues that Atoms for Peace efforts may often seriously hamper developing countries' nuclear weapons ambitions by empowering their scientific workers and by facilitating the brain drain to the developed world. The article then presents a case study of the historical nuclear program of Yugoslavia, which received very generous help from the Atoms for Peace programs of the United States, Soviet Union, and European states at a time when nonproliferation controls were minimal. The international ties of the Yugoslav nuclear program made its scientific workers much less likely to choose simple loyalty to the Tito regime, and much more likely to choose voice or exit, accelerating the program's ultimate collapse.
`In' analytical NoteSecurity Studies Vol. 20, No.1; Jan-Mar 2011: p.73-104
Journal SourceSecurity Studies Vol. 20, No.1; Jan-Mar 2011: p.73-104
Key WordsInternational Civil Nuclear Cooperation ;  Nuclear Weapons ;  Nuclear Weapons Proliferation ;  International Technology Tansfer ;  Yugoslavia ;  Hstorical Nclear Pogram ;  United States ;  Soviet Union ;  European Sates ;  Yugoslav Nclear Pogram


 
 
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