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Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
Seventh seminar organised by IFRI and the French-American Foundation.
With Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland, Neil Gilbert, Professor University of California, Berkeley, Patrick Weil, Head of Research, University Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Chaired by Jacques Mistral, Head of Economic Studies at Ifri.
The seminar will be held in english.
In partnership with : les Services d"Information et de Relations Culturelles de l"Ambassade des Etats-Unis d"Amérique.
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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?