The Nuclear Age in the Pacific Islands

Maclellan, Nic (September 2005). "The Nuclear Age in the Pacific Islands". The Contemporary Pacific. University of Hawai'i Press. 17 (2): 363–372. doi:10.1353/cp.2005.0062. ISSN 1527-9464.

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Abstract: The article The Nuclear Age in the Pacific Islands by Nic Maclellan welcomes Jean-Marc Regnault’s study of French nuclear testing but argues for a different emphasis on the roots of regional resistance to French nuclear and colonial policy. It underscores how nuclear issues interweave with broader Pacific concepts of security, including economic, social, and environmental vulnerability, while stressing the role of militarization and colonial legacies—along with island states’ dependence on northern aid—in shaping outcomes. The piece highlights demeaning, racialized assumptions in British deliberations around Operation Grapple fallout, which portrayed “primitive peoples” as more at risk, and it points readers to Bruno Barrillot’s detailed documentation of the costs and consequences of France’s nuclear program. The discussion appeared in The Contemporary Pacific in 2005.

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