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The End of Nuclear Sharing? US Nuclear Weapons in Europe

Dec 2009, Vol. 154, No. 6
By Hugh Beach

Although not well known, US nuclear weapons are still based on the soil of non-nuclear European allies. The doctrine of first use, as a last resort in the face of military aggression, also remains. However, change is in the air: nuclear weapons seem increasingly irrelevant in modern war, and the new US administration advocates a nuclear-free world. Hugh Beach argues that a new policy may be required, but that it will have to come from Europe and be able to match the credibility and solidarity afforded by current nuclear sharing.