Category Archives: Europe

NATO On Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities Missed and Next Steps Forward

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

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Paul Ingram At their May 20-21 summit in Chicago, NATO leaders missed an important opportunity to change the Alliance’s outdated nuclear policy and open the way to improving European security by the removal … Continue reading →

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Germany pushes for changes in NATO’s nuclear posture

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

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 →

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France and Germany agree on truce over nuclear arms control committee as NATO works on Deterrence and Defense Posture Review

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

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 →

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To Russia, With Love?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

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 →

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Original Nuclear Weapons States Need to Walk the Walk and Fulfill Their NPT Disarmament and Nonproliferation Commitments

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

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 →

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Germany Opposes United States on China-Pakistan Nuclear Deal

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

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 →

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Trident: Alternatives and potential cost cutting?

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

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 →

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UK Strategic Defense and Security Review Avoids the Main Strategic Question

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

By ACA intern Daniel Salisbury The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been ruffling feathers in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in recent weeks. He has ruled that Trident, the U.K. nuclear deterrent, will now be paid for … Continue reading →

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