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Conference on the Foreign Policy of India with Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary of India. This event will be held in English.
Shivshankar Menon comes from a family of high profile Indian diplomats. Before becoming Foreign Secretary of India, he served as High Commissioner in Pakistan and Ambassador in China and Israel. M. Menon will present the orientations of India's Foreign Policy after the terrorist attacks in Mumbay and the election of a new Americain President.
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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?