ArchiveOctober 2024

One of the fascinating aspects of writing a nuclear book is that one cannot explore everything. Take, for example, Pugwash, introduced here by historian Toshihiro Higuchi: Another impetus for transnational activism among scientists for a test ban came from an international conference in July 1957 held in Pugwash, a small village in Nova Scotia. Organized as a follow-up to the famed Russell. . .

I’m no expert on how multilateral or United Nations agreements/treaties are typically negotiated. Nor, in researching the genesis of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was I especially focused on the intricacies of the negotiation strategies/tactics. When you know little about a subject, you accept everything you read as “normal.” So it came as a slight surprise to note. . .