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Three grand designs: the U.S.A., Great Britain, and the Gaullist concept of Atlantic partnership and European Unity
Missing the nuclear boat? British policy and French military nuclear ambitions during the EURATOM foundation negotiations, 1955–56
Fragile links, frozen identities: the governance of telecommunication networks and Europe (1944–53)
International audienceDuring 1944-1953 the governance of international telecommunication networks within the International Telecommunication Union framework became much more permeable to politics than before. The foundation of the United Nations system, East-West tensions, and the early dynamics of European integration were three forces that taken together questioned the traditional vision of technical cooperation among experts. The negotiations among the actors, experts, diplomats and politicians resulted in both the survival of the ITU and a freeze of European contemporary projects building a new European identity upon telecommunication networks