Saudi Arabia and nuclear weapons : how do countries think about the bomb? /

Cigar, Norman L.

Saudi Arabia and nuclear weapons : how do countries think about the bomb? / Norman Cigar - London : Routledge, 2016 - ix, 237 pages ; 24 cm. - UCLA Center for Middle East development (CMED) series ; 10 . - UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; 10 .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Dynamics of Saudi Strategic Culture and the Decision-making Process Chapter 3: Developing Nuclear Threat Assessments Chapter 4: Analyzing the Threat in Riyadh: Why Would a Nuclear Iran Be So Dangerous? Chapter 5: Thinking in Terms of Solutions -- How to Stop Iran Chapter 6: Thinking in Terms of Solutions -- the Evolution in Saudi Thinking toward a Nuclear Option Chapter 7: Thinking about the utility of Nuclear weapons: deterrence and Beyond Chapter 8: Where Does the Civilian Nuclear Power Sector Fit In? Chapter 9: The Religious Sector -- Legitimization and Accountability Chapter 10: A Nuclear Environment and Foreign Policy: Reshaping Relations within the Gulf Chapter 11: The Rouhani Era in Tehran and a new age of anxiety in Riyadh Chapter 12: Coming to terms with the 14 July 2015 Nuclear Agreement: Saudi Anxiety overcome? Chapter 13: Conclusions and Implications.

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military strategy
nuclear nonproliferation
nuclear weapons--government
Nuclear weapons--nuclear strategy--foreign policy--Saudi Arabia--Middle East--Iran
nonproliferation--diplomacy--Saudi Arabia
Nuclear weapons--Iran