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Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times
Metropolitan Books
May 2011
On Sale: April 26, 2011
352 pages
ISBN: 0805093508
EAN: 9780805093506
Hardcover
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For the first time, the Nobel Prize laureate and "man in the
middle" of the planet's most explosive confrontations speaks
out—on his dealings with America, negotiations with Iran,
reform and democracy in the Middle East, and the prospects
for a future free of nuclear weapons. For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key
role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique
in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West
alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent,
uncompromised voice. As the director of the UN's
International Atomic Energy Agency, he has contended with
the Bush administration's assault on Iraq, the nuclear
aspirations of North Korea, and the West's standoff with
Iran. For their efforts to control nuclear proliferation,
ElBaradei and his agency received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Now, in a vivid and thoughtful account, ElBaradei takes us
inside the international fray. Inspector, adviser, and
mediator, ElBaradei moves from Baghdad, where Iraqi
officials bleakly predict the coming war, to
behind-the-scenes exchanges with Condoleezza Rice, to the
streets of Pyongyang and the trail of Pakistani nuclear
smugglers. He dissects the possibility of rapprochement with
Iran while rejecting hard-line ideologies of every kind,
decrying an us-versus-them approach and insisting on the
necessity of relentless diplomacy. Above all, he illustrates
that the security of nations is tied to the security of
individuals, dependent not only on disarmament but on a
universal commitment to human dignity, democratic values,
and the freedom from want. Probing and eloquent, The Age of Deception is an
unparalleled account of society's struggle to come to grips
with the uncertainties of our age.
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