Merely ‘Docile Self-Deception’? German Experiences with Nuclear Consultation in NATO

Lutsch, Andreas

doi:10.1080/01402390.2016.1168014

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“…Under nuclear sharing "[a]llies plan and train together to implement the [Alliance's] nuclear mission in the extremely remote circumstance when escalation has occurred and a decision to use nuclear weapons is taken" [6]. The German government values these arrangements because of their presumed security benefits and because they are expected to provide Germany with influence on NATO's nuclear policy [7, e. g. p. 257] 2 .…”

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“…The debate about nuclear sharing confirmed the broad support among German decision-makers for continued deterrence of Russia as well as German participation in the political dimension of sharing arrangements, i. e. participation in NATO's nuclear consultative bodies. (The Federal Republic of) Germany has always seen nuclear consultations as an instrument to stay informed about the nuclear policies of nuclear-armed allies in order to prevent changes that it views as detrimental to its own security [2]. This includes particularly German influence on the US nuclear force posture in Europe and associated nuclear doctrines.…”

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Debating the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe: What Germany expects from Russia

Meier

2021

Vestnik SPbSU. International relations

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The recent debate in Germany about nuclear sharing confirmed the broad support among decision-makers for continued involvement in the political dimension of NATO’s sharing arrangements, i. e., participation in the Alliance’s nuclear consultative bodies. At the same time, German decision-makers hold divergent views on continued participation in the operational and technical aspects of nuclear sharing. Russia’s arsenal of approximately 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons is of great concern to Germany and many in Berlin are worried that Russia is systematically expanding its nuclear arsenal. German decision-makers and the government support NATO’s dual-track policy of deterring and engaging Russia. German policy-makers’ arguments on the added military value of forward-deployed US nuclear weapons remain vague and there are few specific ideas about what type of arms control would be best suited to reduce the role and number of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. There are four frameworks in which tactical nuclear weapons could be discussed with Russia, namely the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), other multilateral fora, the Russian — US bilateral dialogue on strategic stability, and the NATO — Russia Council. If Russia is serious about reducing the role and number of nuclear weapons in Europe, it should accept the reciprocity paradigm and drop some worn-out demands and positions that have little relevance for political debates around arms control in Berlin and elsewhere.

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Debating the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe: What Germany expects from Russia

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2021

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Alliance in Distress: Die NATO und die (Vertrauens-)Krise der Rüstungskontrollpolitik in der Ära Trump

Böller

2021

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Why Germany won’t build its own nuclear weapons and remains skeptical of a Eurodeterrent

Meier¹

2020

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Merely ‘Docile Self-Deception’? German Experiences with Nuclear Consultation in NATO

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

Debating the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe: What Germany expects from Russia

Debating the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe: What Germany expects from Russia

Alliance in Distress: Die NATO und die (Vertrauens-)Krise der Rüstungskontrollpolitik in der Ära Trump

Why Germany won’t build its own nuclear weapons and remains skeptical of a Eurodeterrent

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