Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security
Proliferation and the Logic of the Nuclear Market
Summary
What explains the scale and speed of nuclear proliferation? One key factor is the level of competition among suppliers in the market for nuclear materials and technologies. When suppliers form a cartel, fewer countries can acquire what they need for nuclear weapons program. If great power competition intensifies in a multipolar world, suppliers will find it harder to cooperate and nuclear proliferation could accelerate.
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Eliza Gheorghe, “Proliferation and the Logic of the Nuclear Market,” International Security, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Spring 2019), pp. 88–127, doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00344.
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Summary
What explains the scale and speed of nuclear proliferation? One key factor is the level of competition among suppliers in the market for nuclear materials and technologies. When suppliers form a cartel, fewer countries can acquire what they need for nuclear weapons program. If great power competition intensifies in a multipolar world, suppliers will find it harder to cooperate and nuclear proliferation could accelerate.
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The full text of this publication is available via MIT Press Journals.Eliza Gheorghe, “Proliferation and the Logic of the Nuclear Market,” International Security, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Spring 2019), pp. 88–127, doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00344.
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