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The civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia planned to be signed and submit a Section 123 Agreement to Congress points a realignment that evokes the legacy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program of the 1950s. Like its predecessor this deal is in logic of geostrategic influence promising the benefits of civilian nuclear technology to an ally in exchange for leverage and alignment. As the historical record demonstrates, the dissemination of nuclear technology for political…