Abstract
To describe the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the “spearhead of the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons,” as most commentators do, is inaccurate. In reality, the institution’s principal mission is to “promote civil nuclear activity.” Why were military nuclear activities added to this mission? Why was the IAEA and its cohort of experts, which is closely supervised by member states, given the task of checking nuclear facilities and, ultimately, of activities that could lead to the production of an atomic bomb in contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This chapter attempts to provide some partial answers.
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Behar, A. (2011). Preventing Nuclear Proliferation: The Role of the IAEA. In: Devin, G. (eds) Making Peace. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137002129_4
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