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Containing the Blast: Some Problems of the Non-proliferation Regime

In: Nuclear Exports and World Politics

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  • James F. Keeley

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The 1970s saw the effort to check the spread of nuclear weapons thrown into disarray. The oil crisis of 1973 contributed to an increase in interest in nuclear power as an alternative energy source. More and more states, some of them of questionable internal stability and others in areas of political instability, began to acquire or plan for the acquisition of nuclear power facilities. The spread of these facilities and growing interest in plutonium breeding promised to complicate safeguarding problems by increasing substantially the volume of material to be controlled. The Indian test of 1974, it was feared, could stimulate other powers to develop nuclear weapons potentials, either through emulation or as a result of regional rivalries. Attempts to respond to these perceived challenges were hindered by different interests and preferences regarding means. Thus, despite attempts to co-ordinate action and to strengthen the obstacles to the spread of nuclear weapons, it cannot be said that we have recovered from the shocks of the last decade.

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  • James F. Keeley, 1983. "Containing the Blast: Some Problems of the Non-proliferation Regime," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robert Boardman & James F. Keeley (ed.), Nuclear Exports and World Politics, chapter 9, pages 194-232, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05984-3_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05984-3_9
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    1. K.D. Kapur, 1988. "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime and The Soviet Union," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 44(3-4), pages 188-225, July.

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