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Europe's nuclear umbrella: contesting nuclear sharing since 2010
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The extended deterrence provided by the United States' nuclear umbrella through bases in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey has always been at the core of the defence posture of NATO. For decades, these host nations played a role in the deployment and delivery of nuclear weapons as part of the European security architecture. However, the post-Cold War era marked heightened pressure from public opinion to decrease reliance on those weapons or even to withdraw nuclear weapons totally from national territories. At a time of growing tensions in the old continent, in Europe's nuclear umbrella Michal Onderco provides a timely intervention that addresses why nuclear sharing persists, despite being an unpopular and contested policy, by focusing on the drivers of domestic unrest, allies' perceptions of nuclear sharing, elite responsibility and responsiveness that reflect policy preferences.
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