Indivisible Security by Nuclear Sharing in an Asymmetrical NATO

NATO institutionalized its core principle indivisible security between allies by developing agreements and cooperative practices. In the 1950s and 1960s the US and its allies agreed on and developed a multitude of arrangements to institutionalize nuclear sharing. Sharing includes deployment of nuclear warheads in Europe as well as the daily cooperation of military planning, preparation, and training for collective defence. A combination of hardware and software reassures allies that American nuclear deterrence extends to all NATO allies.

This paper has been published in SIRIUS. Zeitschrift für Strategische Studien, 2025, 9 (1-2) doi: 10.1515/sirius-2025-2010 (German only)