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Sharing Within the Western Alliance

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Strategic Nuclear Sharing

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The emerging Soviet threat to Europe led to the creation of NATO, the rearmament of Germany, and in a variety of forms, the nuclearization of European defense by the US. Concerned about proliferation within Europe, the emergence of independent nuclear arsenals, the impact on alliance cohesion and its effects on strategic stability, the US set out on a policy journey in search of the most stable nuclear formula. When extended deterrence did not provide the credibility the US had hoped for, an independent nuclear arsenal emerged in the UK, was actively pursued in France, and threatened to emerge in Germany and elsewhere.1 The solution was a dual-key loan of nuclear warheads as part of a hybrid nuclear sharing-cum-extended deterrent arrangement.

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Schofield, J. (2014). Sharing Within the Western Alliance. In: Strategic Nuclear Sharing. Global Issues Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137298454_9

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