Containing the Atom, the product of three years of research by the members of the Processes of International Negotiations (PIN) network, is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of international nuclear negotiations. Well-known experts in the field test eleven cases of international nuclear negotations covering: strategic arms control; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Nuclear Weapons Free Zones; Non-Proliferation Treaty and its Review Conference; Nuclear Materials removed from the defense weapons programs; Nuclear diplomacy with North Korea; Nuclear risks in the Barents region; Nuclear safety; French-Japanese nuclear negotiations; and the nuclear plant perspective on negotiations. Each case study analyzes the actors, strategies, processes, structures, and outcomes and weighs the impact of the negotiations on security, energy, trade, and the environment.

Contributions by: A L. Duncan, Abel J. González, Jean-Pierre Giraud, Lassi Heininen, Carlos A. Hernández, P Terrence Hopmann, Steve Maaranen, Joseph F. Pilat, Jan Prawitz, Boris Segerståhl, Leon V. Sigal, James W. Tape, Werner Ungerer, Rudolf Weh, Paul C. White