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100	1		_aTOMOTSUGU Shinsuke
245			_aScience of the twilight empire: _bBritish atomic diplomacy in the era of decelonization/ _cTomotsugu Shinsuke
260			_c2023
520			_aThis article discusses the British version of the Atoms for Peace campaign between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s that aimed at maintaining, reorganizing, or strengthening its ties with countries in the traditional Briton sphere of influence as a scientific diplomacy tool for enhancing its soft power. The Conference of Commonwealth Atomic Scientists and the Harwell Reactor School were consistent with this objective. Notably, the United Kingdom prioritized its geopolitical interests in its Atoms for Peace overseas campaign. Desiring to maintain the British influence in the vast region from Ankara to Karachi, the United Kingdom also founded the regional nuclear center attached to the Baghdad Pact (or CENTO in later years). For creating an attractive magnetic force attached to Britain throughout the Middle East, the UK considered a regional nuclear center necessary to demonstrate the power of science and technology in practice.
650			_aWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
773			_aAsia-Pacific Review: _gVol 30 No 1, Spring 2023, pp80-122
598			_aUK, WMD
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13439006.2023.2206741 _zClick here for full text
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