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Cooperation, or Control? Scientist-Diplomats, the IAEA, and the Global Nuclear Order

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This paper critically examines the case of three prominent scientist-diplomats to elucidate the functional aspects of post-World War II nuclear science diplomacy. The paper biographically maps the rise of these three scientist-diplomats, namely, Homi J. Bhabha from India, Bertrand Goldschmidt from France, and Vasily S. Emelyanov from the Soviet Union, in post-WWII nuclear diplomacy and their role in shaping global atomic energy governance. Their technical expertise and bearings of national styles profoundly influenced their approach to nuclear scientific cooperation. The science diplomats, we show, became instrumental in setting the norms of scientific cooperation as they forged a common diplomatic understanding of crucial scientific and technological matters based on varying ideological and geostrategic considerations. The three scientist-diplomats constantly negotiated the domestic and international spheres using their specialized knowledge and positioning to shape necessary techno-political outcomes. The three scientist-diplomats, in turn, reveal the character of scientific cooperation that is innately political with diverse ideational and material underpinnings.

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Cooperation, or Control? Scientist-Diplomats, the IAEA, and the Global Nuclear Order*
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Figure 10.2.
Homi Jehangir Bhabha. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01- 01-C0429-001). (Reproduced with permission).
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Figure 10.2. Homi Jehangir Bhabha. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01- 01-C0429-001). (Reproduced with permission).
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Figure 10.3.
“Closing sessions of the Atoms for Peace Conference”. Seen here at the closing session of the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, which opened in Vienna on 8 August, are (left to right) Mr Ilya S. Tchernychev and Dr Ralph J. Bunche, Under Secretaries of the UN without Portfolio,  and  Dr Homi  J.  Bhabha  from  India,  President  of  the  Conference.  (Geneva,  Switzerland, August 20, 1955), Atoms for Peace (01280007), IAEA Imagebank.
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Figure 10.3. “Closing sessions of the Atoms for Peace Conference”. Seen here at the closing session of the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, which opened in Vienna on 8 August, are (left to right) Mr Ilya S. Tchernychev and Dr Ralph J. Bunche, Under Secretaries of the UN without Portfolio,  and  Dr Homi  J.  Bhabha  from  India,  President  of  the  Conference.  (Geneva,  Switzerland, August 20, 1955), Atoms for Peace (01280007), IAEA Imagebank.
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Figure 10.4.
Bertrand Goldschmidt. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01- 02-A0078-001). (Reproduced with permission).
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Figure 10.4. Bertrand Goldschmidt. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01- 02-A0078-001). (Reproduced with permission).
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The Scientific Advisory Committee of the IAEA: (l.t.r.) front row: Dr I. I. Rabi, Dr H. J. Bhabha, Prof.  W.  B.  Lewis,  Prof.  V.  S.  Emelyanov;  back  row:  Mr  Sterling  Cole,  Dr  Luiz  Cintra  de  Prado, Dr Bertrand Goldschmidt, Sir William Penney and Dr Henry Seligman. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01-01-C0117-001). (Reproduced with permission).
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Figure 10.5. The Scientific Advisory Committee of the IAEA: (l.t.r.) front row: Dr I. I. Rabi, Dr H. J. Bhabha, Prof.  W.  B.  Lewis,  Prof.  V.  S.  Emelyanov;  back  row:  Mr  Sterling  Cole,  Dr  Luiz  Cintra  de  Prado, Dr Bertrand Goldschmidt, Sir William Penney and Dr Henry Seligman. IAEA Archives (Reference Code: IAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01-01-C0117-001). (Reproduced with permission).

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