Article ID: CBB191669430

The Tunisian request: Saharan fallout, US assistance and the making of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2022)

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Cooper, Austin R. (Author)


Cold War History
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 407-436
Publication date: 2022
Language: English


Tunisia’s postcolonial leadership intervened in North African decolonisation and the Cold War arms race by monitoring fallout from French nuclear explosions in the Algerian Sahara. This article examines the international negotiations that facilitated Tunisian access to monitoring technology and Tunisian participation in nuclear weapons governance. When the International Atomic Energy Agency denied Tunisia’s request for technical assistance, Tunisian officials struck a deal with US diplomats, who cleared this arrangement with French counterparts. Radiation detection demonstrated the stakes of Tunisia’s intergovernmental relationships, enhanced Tunisia's leverage in nuclear-armed capitals, and revealed nuclear weapons' relevance to Tunisia's foreign policy.

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Authors & Contributors
Gordin, Michael D.
Suárez-Díaz, Edna
Mateos, Gisela
Badash, Lawrence
Baracca, Angelo
Bernstein, Barton J.
Journals
History and Technology
Technology and Culture
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Cornell University Press
University of California, Berkeley
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Guaraldi
Louisiana State University Press
MIT Press
Concepts
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Cold War
Arms race
Science and war; science and the military
Nuclear testing
Technology and politics
People
Stalin, Joseph
Truman, Harry S.
Christofilos, Nicholas Constantine
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
Mexico
China
Institutions
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
United States Air Force (USAF)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
CENTO Nuclear Institute
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