1. The puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; 2. A theory of nuclear weapons project efficiency and inefficiency; 3. Spinning in place: Iraq's fruitless quest for nuclear weapons; 4. How did China's nuclear weapons project succeed?; 5. Proliferation implications of civil nuclear cooperation: theory and a case study of Tito's Yugoslavia; 6. Proliferation implications of footloose nuclear scientists: theory and a case study of Perón's Argentina; 7. Empirical extensions: Libya, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran; 8. Lessons for policy and directions for future research.
A powerful new perspective on nuclear proliferation that counters the widespread fears of a coming cascade of new nuclear powers.
Jacques E. C. Hymans is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. An expert on the politics of nuclear proliferation, he has published two single-authored books with Cambridge University Press, and numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. Hymans received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.
'A masterful, highly readable, outside-the-box analysis of a
central problem of international relations. It convincing[ly]
demonstrates that the fashionable alarmism over nuclear
proliferation, and the destructive wars and military actions the
alarmism encourages, are decidedly unjustified.' John Mueller,
Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center, and
Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
'Equal parts cutting-edge scholarship and detective work, Achieving
Nuclear Ambitions is a major contribution to both theory and
policy. It is also, and not least importantly, a marvelous read.'
David A. Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of
International Affairs
'Jacques Hymans unquestionably is the most creative young scholar
writing about nuclear proliferation dynamics … One cannot seriously
study the subject of nuclear nonproliferation without reference to
Dr Hymans' seminal work.' William C. Potter, Director, James Martin
Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar
Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of
International Studies
'Hymans opens up a new avenue to the study of nuclear
proliferation: the role of management. After having finished
reading this magnificent study, I wonder why nobody else before him
has dealt with such an obviously important factor in the
literature? Read it!' Thomas Jonter, Stockholm University
'This important book is the rare example of scholarship that should
influence both our theoretical and historical understanding of the
nuclear question, and shape how we think (or rather, re-think) our
non-proliferation policies moving forward. A must-read for anyone
interested in nuclear issues.' Francis J. Gavin, Tom Slick
Professor of International Affairs and Director, Robert S. Strauss
Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas,
Austin
'This book is a very sound challenge to the extant literature …
Summing up: recommended. All readership levels.' J. Fields,
Choice
'Jacques Hymans is without a doubt one of his generation's best
nuclear-proliferation analysts. In Achieving Nuclear Ambitions, his
third book on the topic, he once again draws on meticulous
historical research of nuclear programmes. This well written book
draws important policy insights.' Survival: Global Politics and
Strategy
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