Switching Umbrellas in Berlin? The Implications of Franco-German Nuclear Cooperation

Kunz, Barbara

doi:10.1080/0163660x.2020.1814007

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“…However, what Europeans ought to understand is that European attempts at decoupling-even in degrees-by acquiring more strategically significant capabilities would likely result in a growing bilateral European-Russian security dilemma. This is notably to be kept in mind in debates surrounding a hypothetical Eurodeterrent, extended deterrence options based on France's nuclear weapons or an even more hypothetical Franco-German Bomb (Egeland & Pélopidas, 2021;Kunz, 2020b). The same applies to the conventional capabilities Europeans would need to acquire (and be willing to use based on one single body of doctrine) in order to be considered decoupled.…”

Section: Europe In the Us-russia Security Dilemmamentioning

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Europe in the U.S.-Russian Security Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?

Kunz

2022

Governance, Security and Development

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One implication of Europe’s security being coupled to that of the United States is Europe’s being part of the U.S.-Russian security dilemma, a notion at the heart of defensive realism. This has considerable implications for European security. Against the backdrop of current policy debates, this explorative essay seeks to analyze Europe’s policy options in this context. It concludes that Europe has no way to escape the U.S.-Russian security dilemma. This, however, does not leave Europeans without avenues for action in order to contribute to better management of that security dilemma. The chapter intends to bridge a gap between empirical debates on the future of the European security order and more theoretical takes on the emergence of a multipolar world and Europe’s role in it.

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Section: Europe In the Us-russia Security Dilemmamentioning

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Europe in the U.S.-Russian Security Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?

Kunz

2022

Governance, Security and Development

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“…165 Likewise, Barbara Kunz observes that analysts across Europe agree that the Europeanization of the French bomb, however deªned, is "unlikely and hardly feasible." 166 The prospects of a Franco-British nuclear deterrent are even less likely. For one, it is highly improbable that French or British policymakers would be willing to sacriªce London or Paris for Tallinn or Riga.…”

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Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back

Meijer¹,

Brooks²

2021

International Security

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Europe's security landscape has changed dramatically in the past decade amid Russia's resurgence, mounting doubts about the long-term reliability of the U.S. security commitment, and Europe's growing aspiration for strategic autonomy. This changed security landscape raises an important counterfactual question: Could Europeans develop an autonomous defense capacity if the United States withdrew completely from Europe? The answer to this question has major implications for a range of policy issues and for the ongoing U.S. grand strategy debate in light of the prominent argument by U.S. “restraint” scholars that Europe can easily defend itself. Addressing this question requires an examination of the historical evolution as well as the current and likely future state of European interests and defense capacity. It shows that any European effort to achieve strategic autonomy would be fundamentally hampered by two mutually reinforcing constraints: “strategic cacophony,” namely profound, continent-wide divergences across all domains of national defense policies—most notably, threat perceptions; and severe military capacity shortfalls that would be very costly and time-consuming to close. As a result, Europeans are highly unlikely to develop an autonomous defense capacity anytime soon, even if the United States were to fully withdraw from the continent.

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“…Second, the renewed calls for the removal of US nuclear weapons from Europe came hand in hand with European disillusion with US handling of both nuclear affairs and Alliance politics under the Trump administration and the suggestions for building a greater role for French nuclear weapons in the European deterrence architecture (Kunz 2020). Such debates gained significant traction in some European countries.…”

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Do Germany and the Netherlands want to say goodbye to US nuclear weapons?

Smetana¹,

Onderčo²,

Étienne³

2021

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States still deploys about 100 nuclear weapons in Europe under NATO's nuclear sharing policy. Two of the hosting states, Germany and the Netherlands, are now debating the prospective withdrawal of these weapons from their territory. This article presents the findings of a recent public opinion poll in the two countries, where German and the Dutch citizens expressed their views on the US withdrawal. Given the changing political landscape in these two countries, public support for these policies is a pertinent aspect of the political decisions over the future of US nuclear weapons in Europe.

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Switching Umbrellas in Berlin? The Implications of Franco-German Nuclear Cooperation

Cited by 7 publications

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Europe in the U.S.-Russian Security Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?

Europe in the U.S.-Russian Security Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?

Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back

Do Germany and the Netherlands want to say goodbye to US nuclear weapons?

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