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US nuclear deterrence policy and its problems
[Forschungsbericht]
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Nuclear deterrence is back. Of course, it had never disappeared, but retreated into the background as a hedge against future uncertainties. Hopes of overcoming the deterrence system through nuclear disarmament have been dashed. Nuclear deterrence gains new importance in the era of great power compet... mehr
Nuclear deterrence is back. Of course, it had never disappeared, but retreated into the background as a hedge against future uncertainties. Hopes of overcoming the deterrence system through nuclear disarmament have been dashed. Nuclear deterrence gains new importance in the era of great power competitions. Arms control is stagnating, even eroding, and the modernisation of nuclear arsenals is progressing.
Through nuclear sharing arrangements within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Germany is involved in nuclear deterrence. This includes the ability to deliver American nuclear bombs stored in Germany. So far, this has been ensured by nuclear-capable Tornado fighter bombers, due to be replaced in the foreseeable future.
Against this background, nuclear deterrence and its strategic, legal, ethical, and political problems and dilemmas are assessed in this research paper. The focus is on US deterrence policy and its role in the Western alliance. This analysis of nuclear deterrence and its problems and dilemmas is intended to provide a basic orientation for the new nuclear debate that is emerging. (Autorenreferat)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Verteidigungspolitik; Sicherheitspolitik; Kernwaffe; Abschreckung; Abrüstung; Rüstungskontrolle; NATO; internationale Zusammenarbeit; internationales Abkommen; USA
Klassifikation
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Vereinigte Staaten; Nuklearstrategie; Abschreckungstheorie; nukleare Abschreckung; Abschreckungsstrategie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
27 S.
Schriftenreihe
SWP Research Paper, 10/2018
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung