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1 online resource (19 pages) |
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Occasional paper |
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Occasional paper
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements. -- Introduction. -- Polish security concerns. -- Polish foreign policy: a new strategy in the making. -- Polish policy on nuclear weapons and on the NSNW debate in NATO. -- Conclusion. -- Notes and references. -- About the authors |
| Summary |
A debate within NATO about the future of non-strategic nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has been revived over the past few years. For a long period, the issue lay dormant, but since 2009 political changes have driven a vigorous debate. This paper, the first in a series examining the position of a key group of NATO member states in the debate, focuses on Poland. The series begins with Poland because it could have a pivotal role to play, and has a position that is complex and too often caricatured. Poland has good reasons both to be apprehensive about changes in NATO nuclear posture and to seek to bring about that change. As the search continues for a NATO compromise, therefore, it could come to play a bargaining role among differing groups within the Alliance and could either help to build a consensus for incremental change or be increasingly influential in ensuring that no change occurs |
| Notes |
February 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-18) |
| Notes |
Title from cover screen (viewed on Apr 24, 2012) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems
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| SUBJECT |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. fast (OCoLC)fst00529467 |
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Tactical nuclear weapons -- Europe
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National security -- Poland
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Armed Forces -- Weapons systems.
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Military policy.
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National security.
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Tactical nuclear weapons.
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Europe -- Military policy
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Poland -- Military policy
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Europe.
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Poland.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kearns, Ian
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Chalmers, Malcolm
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European Leadership Network
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Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.
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