The View from the United States
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Yost, David
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2011-03
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Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
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The U.S. debate on NATO nuclear deterrence has been since 1991 a barely visible and sometimes behind-the-scenes contest between the traditional view, which is supportive of long-standing U.S. and NATO policy, and the diverse views of various proponents of change. The principle of maintaining a credible NATO nuclear deterrence posture has continued to command widespread support. Most of the controversy has concerned how to maintain such a posture and, above all, whether nuclear sharing arrangements involving U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe should be sustained. This essay reviews the point of departure for this debate — the decisions taken by the United States government in 1991 — before describing the traditional view and the views of advocates of withdrawal of the residual U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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11 p.
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Yost, David. "The View from the United States." Perspectives on NATO Nuclear Policy, March 2011, 18-27.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.