Combating nuclear terrorism : addressing nonstate actor motivations
By: JENKINS, Bonnie.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2006The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 607, p. 33-42Abstract: Yesterdays nonproliferation efforts were successful, in part, because they addressed the motives of aspiring state proliferants. Todays efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism should take a similar approach. Understandingand addressingthe motivations of nonstate actors should be as important as locking down nuclear weapons and materials. The international community has a variety of tools at its disposal for addressing the demand for nuclear weapons. This article suggests a multifaceted approach for understanding, and reducing, the nuclear ambitions of nonstate actors.Yesterdays nonproliferation efforts were successful, in part, because they addressed the motives of aspiring state proliferants. Todays efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism should take a similar approach. Understandingand addressingthe motivations of nonstate actors should be as important as locking down nuclear weapons and materials. The international community has a variety of tools at its disposal for addressing the demand for nuclear weapons. This article suggests a multifaceted approach for understanding, and reducing, the nuclear ambitions of nonstate actors.
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