The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s
Abstract Contributing to a global nuclear history, this article discusses Brazil’s refusal to accept sensitive nuclear assistance from South Africa in the late 1970s. Relying on primary sources and oral history interviews, this study argues that despite their similar positions in the global nuclear...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292018000200204&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract Contributing to a global nuclear history, this article discusses Brazil’s refusal to accept sensitive nuclear assistance from South Africa in the late 1970s. Relying on primary sources and oral history interviews, this study argues that despite their similar positions in the global nuclear order, Brazil’s decision was connected to political and technological reasons. |
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| ISSN: | 1983-3121 |