Analysis Of The Marshall Islands' Struggle Against US Nuclear Claims And The Reasons For Its Success

Under the background of the Cold War,to struggle for hegemony with the Soviet Union,the United States carried out a series of nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands.The twelve years of nuclear tests had profound impacts on the Marshall Islands and its people.Nuclear tests not only changed the local natural environment,causing serious environmental pollution,but also forced the habitants suffered from the nuclear radiation to leave their motherland and live as immigrants.Moreover,the migration of local people also caused the fragmentation and loss of its national cultural tradition.Since then,the people of Marshall embarked on a long and hard road of claiming for legitimate interests.Fortunately,the efforts turned out to be effective: signing up “the Compact of Free Association”;filing lawsuits to the US count and facilitating the establishment of the nuclear claims court;applying for a radiological census independently to confirm the nuclear radioactive material residues of the islands.The United States was forced to establish trust funds and aid projects compensation mechanism and so on.Although the United States had not fully taken responsibility for its nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands,the efforts to claim their interests which the Marshall people made were undoubtedly effective.Marshall people's claim for rights also left a valuable experience and lessons: on the one hand,one should be good at grasping the opponent's "weakness",that is,the US nuclear test "injustice".At the same time,be prepared to fight "the protracted war " when facing a strong opponent.Knowing how to use external force to win the international community's support is also of great importance.On the other hand,the weak should be united and keep up their domestic reconstruction at the same time.One should not reverse the means and purpose of claims,one should not claim for the claim,resulting in the loss of national independence.All the points above are of great significance for small countries to obtain legitimate interests.