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Category Archives: Europe
The Prague Nuclear Agenda, Part Two
By Tom Z. Collina Four years after the historic speech in Prague laying out his nuclear policy priorities, President Barack Obama must now decide which issues to focus on in his second—and last—term. The administration accomplished many important arms control … Continue reading
NATO agrees on new arms control body
By Oliver Meier (BERLIN) On Feb. 8, NATO agreed on the mandate of a new arms control body. Allies tasked the “Special Advisory and Consultative Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Committee” to prepare a dialogue on confidence building and transparency … Continue reading
No German pledge on nuclear-capable aircraft modernization
By Oliver Meier On September 5 the Berliner Zeitung reported that at the May 2012 NATO summit Germany had silently reneged on its goal to advocate withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany and committed to spend 250 million Euro … Continue reading
NATO On Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities Missed and Next Steps Forward
By Daryl G. Kimball, Oliver Meier, and Paul Ingram At their May 20-21 summit in Chicago, NATO leaders missed an important opportunity to change the Alliance’s outdated nuclear policy and open the way to improving European security by the removal … Continue reading
Germany pushes for changes in NATO’s nuclear posture
By Oliver Meier As NATO works to revise its nuclear and deterrence strategy in time for its May 2012 Summit in Chicago, Germany is pushing for changes in the Alliance’s declaratory policy and for a stronger role of NATO in … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Tagged B61 Life Extension Program, Eurofighter aircraft, French nuclear policy, Germany's nuclear weapons policy, NATO, NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, NATO nuclear posture, NATO's declaratory policy, NATO's Detterence and Defense Posture Review, Tornado fighter-bomber, U.S. 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
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France and Germany agree on truce over nuclear arms control committee as NATO works on Deterrence and Defense Posture Review
By Oliver Meier On July 7, in a rare show of unity on nuclear issues between France and Germany, the ambassadors of both countries sent a joint proposal to NATO members on the future of the new Weapons of Mass … Continue reading
To Russia, With Love?
By Greg Thielmann Last week’s 20th anniversary commemorations of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt prompted some personal reflections on other events affecting relations between Washington and Moscow during that turbulent period. Two years before the coup, a visit by U.S. … Continue reading
Original Nuclear Weapons States Need to Walk the Walk and Fulfill Their NPT Disarmament and Nonproliferation Commitments
By Daryl G. Kimball and Peter Crail This week’s meeting of senior officials from the five original nuclear weapon states (the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China) in Paris for the second meeting on nuclear weapons policy … Continue reading
Posted in China, Europe, New START, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Tactical Nuclear Weapons
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Germany Opposes United States on China-Pakistan Nuclear Deal
By Oliver Meier in Berlin The German government believes that Chinese plans to export two nuclear reactors to Pakistan are covered by the existing policies and understandings of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and that the 46-nation export control organization … Continue reading
Trident: Alternatives and potential cost cutting?
By ACA Intern Daniel Salisbury The costs of the British Trident nuclear deterrent have emerged as an issue in British politics; with HM Treasury looking to cut costs and the Ministry of Defence insisting that cuts are unnecessary. While the … Continue reading
