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Author Kamp, Karl-Heinz, author

Title Nuclear implications of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict / by Karl-Heinz Kamp
Published Rome : NATO Defense College, Research Division, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (7 pages)
Series NDC research report / Research Division, NATO Defense College
NDC research report
Contents Russian nuclear thinking -- The nuclear debate in NATO -- The renaissance of nuclear deterrence -- US nuclear weapons in Europe -- Delivery Systems --Nuclear arms controls -- Conclusion
Summary "The author, Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp, asks what should we make of Moscow's threatening nuclear gestures, what the potential consequences for US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe might be, and more generally, what the implications are for NATO's nuclear strategy. As Kamp points out, after the fierce debates on the future of US nuclear weapons in Europe in 2009, NATO was remarkably quick to take the issue off the agenda. The 2012 Deterrence and Defense Posture Review proved to be a compromise all sides could live with. The "nuclear dog" that had been briefly awoken was put back to sleep. But Russia's expansionist policies in Eastern Europe have profoundly changed the international security landscape, and are also likely to wake up the nuclear dog again. Hence, NATO will have to restart the debate in order to reassess the role of nuclear weapons in its deterrence posture. The author concludes that the only adequate solution for the Alliance is to forge a comprehensive consensus which includes NATO's conventional capabilities, its missile defence capacities, and its nuclear forces (in Europe and in the United States) as well as a coherent nuclear strategy."--NATO Defense College website
Notes "April 2015."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation
Nuclear arms control -- Ukraine
Nuclear arms control -- Russia (Federation)
Nuclear weapons -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Europe
Security, International.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation.
Nuclear weapons.
Security, International.
Europe.
Russia (Federation)
Ukraine.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author NATO Defense College. Research Division, publisher