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The Rise of the Autocratic Nuclear Marketplace

The United States established itself as the dominant supplier of civil nuclear technology in the 1960s. But Moscow soon caught up, supplanting Washington after the Cold War. What led to the rise of this autocratic nuclear marketplace?

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By Tristan Volpe
Published on Apr 3, 2022

Journal of Strategic Studies

About the Author

Tristan Volpe

Former Nonresident Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program

Tristan Volpe was a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.

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