Europe, Power & Security, Technology, United States Policy Roundtable: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Nuclear Deterrence

Texas National Security Review has published a new policy roundtable which draws on conversations at our recent workshop, "Transatlantic Disruption: Challenges and Opportunities", featuring an introduction from Perry World House's Christian Ruhl, John Gans, and Michael C. Horowitz. The essays included in this roundtable emerged from a panel on the future of trans-Atlantic nuclear deterrence.

For more than 70 years, scholars and policymakers have examined the role of nuclear weapons in trans-Atlantic relations. Debates and considerations took place at moments of great tension and moments of great tranquility, yet few times have been as complex as today. Discussions about the role of nuclear weapons in the trans-Atlantic alliance are occurring amid tension in the alliance, the strain of a global pandemic, the advancement of new technologies, the rise of anti-nuclear and anti-globalist voices, and new aggression by Russia in Eastern Europe.

To continue the conversation, Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania’s hub for global affairs, convened a two-day workshop in early 2021 to discuss “transatlantic disruption.” As part of the workshop, one panel of academics, policymakers, and other experts focused on nuclear deterrence, tackling questions such as, “What should be the top priority for the Biden administration on nuclear deterrence as it relates to transatlantic security?” The articles in this roundtable are analyses that colloquium panelists Tobias Bunde, Amy Nelson, Alexander “Sandy” Vershbow, and Kristin Ven Bruusgaard wrote in response to this and other questions prior to the colloquium.

Click here to read the essays in Texas National Security Review >>