In this episode of International History Declassified, we speak with historian Or Rabinowitz about Israeli nuclear history and what present-day and future nuclear negotiators can learn by reading the archival materials.
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"The African National Congress and Apartheid South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Program," a new @NPIHP paper from Jo-Ansie van Wyk and Anna-Mart van Wyk wilsoncenter.org/publication…
Ryan Musto @RyanAMusto traces the history of a surprising idea: arming the United Nations with nuclear weapons. US officials weighed the proposal from 1945 through the 1960s as they pursued disarmament goals wilsoncenter.org/publication…
Susan Colbourn @secolbourn and Timothy Sayle @timsayle introduce Canada's deep connections to international nuclear history wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/c…
Upcoming Webcast: "Managing Nuclear Risks" w/ Rob Litwak, Mitchell Reiss, and Helene Cooper. Friday 10/9 11:00am-12:00pm EST wilsoncenter.org/event/books…
More than 40 years after the VELA event, there is still no reliable public, non-circumstantial, information that settles the controversy. Yet the debate remains a live one. wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/r…
How to handle an ally in pursuit of nuclear weapons? New research by Timothy P. McDonnell examines the shifting case of US policy toward France. @tandfonline
Preventing *all* proliferation is a major goal. A nuclear test is a critical milestone in a proliferator's journey. Even a few nukes is cause for concern.
These tenets were not always true. Case in point: #France. New research in @TheNonproReview. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
David Holloway draws on documents from Stalin’s personal fond to assess the Soviet Union’s position vis-à-vis the Baruch plan for the international control of atomic energy in 1947 wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/s…
Another 4 days to go for our CfP on Global histories of activism - please consider submitting, already have received amazing proposals @lseideas@unishefhistory@CWIHP@OpenUniversity
Call for Papers - "Global histories of anti-nuclear and peace activism in the late Cold War," taking place 22-23 May at the London School of Economics. Paper proposals due 21 February. See more at: wilsoncenter.org/article/cal…