Averting a Latin American nuclear arms race : new prospects and challenges for Argentine-Brazilian nuclear co-operation : Conference : Papers

Viewed by experts as being on the threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons, Argentina and Brazil have recently taken steps to assure each other their nuclear programs are entirely peaceful. This reports on a 1989 conference that anticipated these events and explored the approaches being taken today. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Rapporteur’s Summary....Pages 9-46 Goals of Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Cooperation....Pages 47-75 Industrial and Economic Benefits of Latin American Nuclear Cooperation....Pages 76-115 Nuclear Confidence-Building: Models for a Bilateral Safeguards and Verification Regime....Pages 116-152 Nuclear Submarines and their Implications for Weapons Proliferation....Pages 153-170 Linkages Between Vertical and Horizontal Non-Proliferation....Pages 171-196 Global Significance of a Bilateral Arrangement between Argentina and Brazil....Pages 197-213 Back Matter....Pages 214-257 Edited By Paul L. Leventhal And Sharon Tanzer. Proceedings From The Conference On Latin-american Nuclear Co-operation Held In Montevideo, Uruguay, October 11-13, 1989. Includes Index.