Nuclear Suitors or Would-be Proliferators
Turkey has been a member of the IAEA since the founding year of the organisation, in 1957. The country signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty in 1979. Since 1981 Turkey is subject to the international inspection regime according to its comprehensive
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Global Nuclear Developments Insights from a Former IAEA Nuclear Inspector
Global Nuclear Developments
Pantelis F. Ikonomou
Global Nuclear Developments Insights from a Former IAEA Nuclear Inspector
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Pantelis F. Ikonomou Vienna, Austria
ISBN 978-3-030-46996-2 ISBN 978-3-030-46997-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46997-9
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The strategic power of the nuclear bomb does not derive solely from its possession, but also, from the ability of its acquisition.
To my grandchildren Mary, Paris, Lina and Iason in the hope that they will live in a world free of nuclear weapons.
Preface
This book is my response to the initial suggestion by a respected friend and experienced diplomat, Alexandros Mallias, former ambassador of Greece in Washington D.C. Publishing, in a possibly simplified way, some of my professional experiences and views would be useful, he said, for raising public awareness in Greece, especially when related first-hand information is rare, and the issues involved are complex. His proposal led me to the decision to write and publish in June 2019 in Athens, my book in Greek titled Global Nuclear Threat. Subsequently, responding to numerous requests by former colleagues in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state cooperators around the world for an English version of my book, I decided to revise and thoroughly update in English the Greek publication of the book. I have put on record, without violating confidentiality obligations and proprietary information confines, personal kno
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