03093nam 2200601 450 991046021470332120200520144314.01-62616-184-4(CKB)3710000000374074(EBL)1987668(OCoLC)904647630(SSID)ssj0001437288(PQKBManifestationID)12012599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437288(PQKBWorkID)11445098(PQKB)11555939(MiAaPQ)EBC1987668(MdBmJHUP)muse42483(Au-PeEL)EBL1987668(CaPaEBR)ebr11031140(CaONFJC)MIL1001819(EXLCZ)99371000000037407420150319h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNuclear authority the IAEA and the absolute weapon /Robert L. BrownWashington, District of Columbia :Georgetown University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62616-183-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Theory of authority -- The birth of the IAEA, 1945/1961 -- The adolescence of the agency, 1962/1985 -- The IAEA challenged, 1986/1998 -- Nuclear authority, 1998-2013.Robert L. Brown has written both a history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and an analysis of how it has transformed from a weak agent of multilateral cooperation into a strong international nuclear authority over the past two decades. Today, it is one of the most powerful international organizations of any kind, with the ability to inspect and judge member states' nuclear programs and to issue rules and commands regarding nuclear issues. The IAEA also plays an important role in counterproliferation enforcement. Brown argues that the IAEA has been able to acquire power over states on nuclear issues because states have realized that they need, for both political and technological reasons, the IAEA to supply nuclear policy cooperation and to be an agent for nuclear safety and security. The IAEA is in the news on an almost weekly basis, and this book will provide the most in depth and up-to-date overview of the organization. The book will also explain the puzzle of why states would collectively create an agent to help them cooperate, only to see that agent acquire power over them.Nuclear nonproliferationNuclear weaponsSafety measuresNuclear industrySecurity measuresElectronic books.Nuclear nonproliferation.Nuclear weaponsSafety measures.Nuclear industrySecurity measures.327.1/747Brown Robert L(Robert Louis),148987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460214703321Nuclear authority2019822UNINA