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4 July 2017

Europe’s nuclear woes: Mitigating the challenges of the next years

Ulrich KühnS. ShettyPolina Sinovets

As long as the relationship between Russia and the West continues to be confrontational, the urgent task will be to stabilize and manage the confrontation. For NATO, this primarily means balancing deterrence and assurance measures to its easternmost allies without entering a new arms race.

4 July 2017
Europe/Russia

A plausible scenario of nuclear war in Europe, and how to deter it: A perspective from Estonia

J. LuikT. Jermalavičius

The specter of nuclear war in Europe has returned under the regime of Vladimir Putin in Russia. Russia’s large-scale exercises incorporate the scenarios of a limited nuclear strike against NATO as part of Moscow’s “escalation to de-escalate” concept.

4 May 2017
Europe/Russia

How will NATO’s non-nuclear members handle the UN’s ban on nuclear weapons?

Tom Sauer

The start of multilateral negotiations for a nuclear ban treaty will lead to renewed discussions about the role of nuclear weapons in NATO. It is an opportunity to review the alliance’s nuclear weapons policy in light of this new international dynamic.

4 May 2017
Global forum

Ban the bomb by… banning the bomb? - A Ukrainian response

Polina Sinovets
1 March 2015
Global forum

Limit missile defense--or expand it?: A German response

O. Thranert

Since 2002, when the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the international arms control regime has included no limits on missile defense.

1 November 2014
Global forum

Ban the bomb?: An Australian response

R. Lennane

Decades after several nuclear weapon states committed themselves to pursuing disarmament "in good faith" and "at an early date," frustration over the pace of disarmament is growing more conspicuous.

1 November 2013
Features

Countdown to declassification: Finding answers to a 1983 nuclear war scare

Nate Jones

In November 1983, NATO, during what became known as the Able Archer 83 exercise, rehearsed a nuclear response to a hypothetical Soviet attack on Western Europe.

1 November 2012
Nuclear notebook

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A nuclear order of battle, October and November 1962

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union walked back from the brink of a nuclear war.

1 March 2011
Feature

How Europeans view tactical nuclear weapons on their continent

Mark Fitzpatrick
With the debate among NATO member states over the stationing of US nuclear weapons in Europe likely to continue, it is useful to examine why some European NATO members wish to see an end to the US nuclear presence and why others stick to the status quo.
1 September 2010
Feature

U.S. tactical nuclear weapons: A European perspective

Tom Sauer
The debate over the removal of tactical weapons is not a simple one; linked with it are the debates over the utility of NATO and how to reach a global consensus on nuclear disarmament. Advocates of withdrawal view inaction regarding tactical
1 September 2010
Feature

Lessons of restraint: How Canada helps explain and strengthen the nonproliferation norm

Douglas B. Shaw
The world takes Canada’s non-acquisition of nuclear weapons for granted. Though Canada does not pose a breakout threat from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the course of its nuclear weapons policy is far