Lexington Books Containing the Atom: International Negotiations on Nuclear Security and Safety

Product Description Containing the Atom, the product of three years of research by the members of the Processes of International Negotiations (PIN) network, is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of international nuclear negotiations. Well-known experts in the field test eleven cases of international nuclear negotations covering: strategic arms control; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Nuclear Weapons Free Zones; Non-Proliferation Treaty and its Review Conference; Nuclear Materials removed from the defense weapons programs; Nuclear diplomacy with North Korea; Nuclear risks in the Barents region; Nuclear safety; French-Japanese nuclear negotiations; and the nuclear plant perspective on negotiations. Each case study analyzes the actors, strategies, processes, structures, and outcomes and weighs the impact of the negotiations on security, energy, trade, and the environment. About the Author Rudolf Avenhaus is Professor of Statistics and Operations Research at the German Armed Forces University, Munich. Victor A. Kremenyuk is Deputy Director of the Institute for U.S.A. and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Gunnar Sjöstedt is Associate Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University and a senior research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.