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As part of the Ifri Energy Breakfast Roundtable, a seminar with Philip Andrews-Speed, China Energy Policy Specialist, Ian Cronshaw, Head of the Energy Diversification Division, IEA and John Seaman, Junior Research Fellow, ifri. Chaired by William C. Ramsay, Director of the Energy Programme, ifri and Jacques Lesourne, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Energy Programme, ifri
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?