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The nuclear non-proliferation policies of the United States and the European Union (EU) have converged and diverged since 1991, particularly with respect to the assessment of the nature of the threat posed by nuclear proliferation, the preferred methods for supporting the nonproliferation regimes and sanctioning deviants, and the solutions to mitigating or reversing nuclear proliferation. The pace and threat of nuclear proliferation accelerated after 1991. The United States undertook an aggressive and anticipatory set of policies designed to reverse the expansion of the number of nuclear weapons states attending the dissolution of the Soviet Union, to secure Soviet-era nuclear weapons and weapons-grade materiel, and to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime over the long-term. The EU largely lacked a common non-proliferation strategy in the 1990s (van Ham 2011), although it played a critical role in redressing the environmental security threat posed by the design flaws of Soviet-era nuclear reactors and dilapidated nuclear power infrastructures in the FSU (former Soviet Union) and central and eastern Europe.
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Sperling, J. (2015). The EU-US Management of Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century: How Strategic a Strategic Partnership?. In: Blavoukos, S., Bourantonis, D., Portela, C. (eds) The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137378446_10
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