Nuclear History

LIVE NOW: Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States with @wellerstein, Kathleen M. Vogel, and Matthew Connelly. #HistoryAtWilson wilsoncenter.org/event/restrict…

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. wilsoncenter.org/audio/internat…

"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/af…

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/at…

Live in 15 minutes "Managing Nuclear Risks" w/ Robert Litwak wilsoncenter.org/event/books-wi…

Susan Colbourn @secolbourn and Timothy Sayle @timsayle introduce Canada's deep connections to international nuclear history wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/cana…

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-wi…

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/revi…

Soviet officials who visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki tended to downplay the effects of the atomic bomb wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/sovi…

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

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/sovi…

The “Islamic Bomb”: Perceptions of Middle Eastern Nuclear Proliferation, 1979–1989, by @contestedground academic.oup.com/dh/advance-art…

“We Are Not a Nonproliferation Agency”: Henry Kissinger's Failed Attempt to Accommodate Nuclear Brazil, 1974–1977 mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Michal Onderco on lessons of the NPT’s extension for the next Review Conference europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/les…

Oslo Nuclear Reading Group seminar with Eliza Gheorghe March 16th. If you want to participate, register here: sv.uio.no/isv/english/re…

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

Ph.D. students: Apply for the 2020 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research wilsoncenter.org/article/apply-…

On January 9, 2020, we co-hosted a conference on Egyptian nuclear diplomacy with King's College's @DrElbahtimy and @GAPP_AUC 's Karim Haggag. For more info: wilsoncenter.org/article/nuclea…

Call for Papers - Global Histories of Anti-Nuclear and Peace Activism in the Late Cold War - due 2/21 wilsoncenter.org/article/call-p…

Event - 2/13 - The Age of Hiroshima: The Nuclear Revolution on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings wilsoncenter.org/event/age-hiro…