TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cigar,Norman L.
TI  - Saudi Arabia and nuclear weapons: how do countries think about the bomb? 
T2  - UCLA Center for Middle East development (CMED) series
SN  - 9781138643291
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - military strategy
KW  - nuclear nonproliferation
KW  - nuclear weapons
KW  - government
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Iran
KW  - nuclear strategy
KW  - foreign policy
KW  - nonproliferation
KW  - diplomacy
N1  - SIP2209; 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
ER  -