"European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition"

Linde Desmaele

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Bedankt voor dit draadje! :)

A huge thank you to the editorial team at NPR for their invaluable support in bringing this piece to fruition! (8/8)

By focusing on these functions, I draw attention to the main barriers that produce continuity and complicate changes in NATO’s nuclear posture - either to upgrade or downgrade the TNW mission. (7/8)

3. Nuclear consultation: the practice of ensuring ongoing transatlantic political linkage due to the continued US presence in Europe. (6/8)

2. Nuclear legitimation: the practice of reinforcing the alliance’s commitment to nuclear deterrence as the basis for NATO’s overall defense strategy. (5/8)

1. Nuclear deflection: the practice of shifting the focus away from questions relating to the responsibilities, costs, and obligations of the conventional-weapons aspect of collective defense. (4/8)

In this piece, I suggest that the importance of such functions seems to have overstated. I take a different perspective and argue that US TNW in Europe are primarily tools of alliance management. I examine three key mechanisms through which they fulfill this role. (3/8)

Advocates and opponents of NATO’s TNW mission often focus primarily on the value of these weapons in terms of deterrence or reassurance (arguments that primarily adhere to a military logic). (2/8)