Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: During the Cold War, nuclear weapon states outsourced their nuclear testing programmes to their hinterlands or overseas territories.Countries such as the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), France and the Soviet Union conducted more than 750 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, Australia, the Algerian Sahara, French Polynesia and Kazakhstan, respectively.In these cases, nuclear activities did not go unchallenged as they affected people's health and the environment.To different extents, nuclear testing met with opposition from local, regional and international actors.A comparative perspective on anti-nuclear movementsin different regions and time frameworksthat struggled against nuclear colonialism in the form of nuclear testing highlights the impact left by anti-nuclear movements in the Global South, which is relevant to discussions on how the non-proliferation regime is structured today.
Source: The International Spectator
Author: Exequiel Lacovsky
Institution: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Language: English
Topic: Nuclear Issues and Defense
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4388424442