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Fission and fusion of allies : the ROK nuclear quest and U.S.-France competition and cooperation / Lyong Choi, Jooyoung Lee.

9789811998010 (electronic bk.)
9811998019 (electronic bk.)
9811998000
9789811998003

Singapore : Springer, 2023.

English

1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).

10.1007/978-981-19-9801-0 doi

JZ5675

327.1/747

This book traces the development of U.S-led global nuclear non-proliferation diplomacy during the three decades since the Eisenhowers Atoms for Peace in 1953. The U.S. non-proliferation efforts had diverse obstacles. It had to prevent nuclear states export of nuclear technology while dissuading non-nuclear states from developing nuclear weapons. In addition, building non-proliferation regime was not always its top foreign policy priority. To understand the complex process of non-proliferation, the book examines the relations among three different actors in the nuclear field: a global non-proliferation regime builder (U.S.), a potential nuclear proliferator (France) and a would-be nuclear state (Republic of Korea). In tracing how they developed nuclear strategies, conflicting and compromising with one another, the book pays special attention to how the transforming Cold War structure in the 1970s not only affected foreign policies of the involved countries but also complicated their relationship. The exploration ultimately highlights the multidimensional nature of international discussion on nuclear non-proliferation as the ROKs nuclear development attempts, U.S. non-proliferation efforts, and the U.S.-France nuclear technology cooperation in the 1970s were all deeply connected.

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