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Koblentz, Gregory. "The Politics of Nuclear Cooperation: Why States Share Nuclear Weapons Technology" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40785_index.html>

Koblentz, G. , 2005-09-01 "The Politics of Nuclear Cooperation: Why States Share Nuclear Weapons Technology" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40785_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper addresses a crucial yet unexamined aspect of nuclear proliferation: why do states and non-state actors share nuclear weapons technology? This question, which has profound implications for U.S. nonproliferation policy, has gone virtually unasked by scholars and remains largely unanswered by the literature on nuclear proliferation. Nuclear sharing also poses an unheralded puzzle in international relations. The anarchic nature of international relations and the destructive power of nuclear weapons implies that this type of nuclear cooperation should be rare indeed. In fact, there have been 11 cases of states sharing nuclear weapons technology with other states. These gaps in our theoretical and empirical understanding of nuclear proliferation are distressing since the current wave of proliferation is driven largely by this phenomenon. The question of why states would share nuclear weapons technology, the conditions under which this is likely to occur, and the security implications of such transfers has been examined only on a case-by-case basis. This paper applies three models of decision-making that have been used profitably to analyze other aspects of nuclear proliferation to examine the motivations behind nuclear sharing. This analytical framework provides the foundation for a systematic, comparative analysis of state-sponsored nuclear proliferation and its implications for international relations theory and nonproliferation strategy. Evidence of security concerns, parochial interests, and cultural influences as motivating factors can be found in several known cases of nuclear cooperation. Further research is required to weigh the relative importance of each of these factors in decisions to engage in nuclear cooperation.

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