Date of Award

8-1-2013

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

First Advisor

Rachel Epstein, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Deborah Avant

Third Advisor

Karen Riley

Keywords

Gold standard, Jordan, Nuclear cooperation agreements, Realism, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

As one of about eight countries that supply nuclear materials and equipment for nuclear energy development to the rest of the world, the United States also requires some of the most stringent nonproliferation measures of its prospective clients. In 2009, the United States signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under the terms of the agreement, the UAE foreswore developing sensitive fuel cycle technologies on its own soil in exchange for the ability to receive U.S.-origin materials and equipment. The Kingdom of Jordan is also seeking to develop a nuclear energy program in the face of its growing energy needs. However, it has refused to sign an agreement with the same restrictive terms as the UAE’s. This thesis seeks to understand why the UAE has signed an agreement while Jordan has not. It argues that the driver of the different outcomes is the two countries’ respective power positions in the international system. This preliminary result seems to imply that contrary to some vigorous arguments in the U.S. policymaking community, the U.S. will have less leverage over global nonproliferation policy if it adopts a one-size-fits-all nuclear trade policy.

Publication Statement

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Rights Holder

Erica N. Fein

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

64 p.

Discipline

International relations

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