In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Prof Anna-Mart van Wyk and Dr Robin E. Möser to explore how apartheid-era South Africa built a nuclear arsenal and how, after the end of apartheid, it became the first state to dismantle its weapons entirely. From Cold War fears and regional conflicts to President F.W. de Klerk’s decision to disarm and open the country to IAEA inspectors, they trace how South Africa moved from pariah to non-proliferation pioneer and what lessons its experience offers for global disarmament today.
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