After years of negotiations, the third iteration of the Compacts of Free Association – Compact III – between the United States and the countries of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, are nearing completion. The COFA Amendments Act was signed into law in the United States on March 9, shortly after it was …
Since the release of the blockbuster film, “Oppenheimer,” in July 2023, global audiences have been confronting history about U.S. atomic weapons development and the individuals involved. Rather, his lengthy objections to the Bikini tests were about “the soundness of the tests” to enhance military understandings about the “effectiveness of atomic weapons in naval warfare.” Oppenheimer was also concerned about the …
Just three months after the atomic ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been burned into Japan’s landscape, U.S. military and political leaders began planning a series of atomic weapons tests in order to study the effects of the bomb on naval vessels. With World War II over and a new era of Pacific control ahead, the United States selected Bikini …
