This article focuses on the U.S. diplomat and nuclear arms control negotiator Gerald (Gerry) Coat Smith in order to cast new light on the importance of diplomats in the context of the set of international activities currently labelled as “science diplomacy.” Smith, a lawyer by training, was a key negotiator in many international agreements on post‐WW2 atomic energy projects, from those on uranium prospecting and mining, to reactors technologies to later ones on non‐proliferation and disarmament. His career in science (nuclear) diplomacy also epitomized the shortcomings of efforts to align other countries’ posture on nuclear affairs to U.S. wishes. In particular, the unswerving diplomat increasingly understood that strong‐arm tactics to dissuade other countries from acquiring nuclear weapons would not limit proliferation. Not only did this inform later U.S. diplomacy approaches, but it lent itself to the ascendancy of the new notion of “soft power” as critical to the re‐definition of international affairs.

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坚定不移的史密斯先生和核时代**

本文重点关注美国外交官和核军备控制谈判代表杰拉尔德 (格里) 科特史密斯，以便在目前被标记为“科学外交”的一系列国际活动中阐明外交官的重要性。史密斯是一名律师，他是二战后原子能项目的许多国际协议的关键谈判者，从铀勘探和采矿到反应堆技术，再到后来的不扩散和裁军协议。他在科学（核）外交方面的职业生涯也体现了使其他国家在核事务上的姿态与美国的意愿保持一致的努力的缺点。尤其是，这位坚定不移的外交官越来越明白，劝阻别国获得核武器的强硬手段并不能限制扩散。