№207: Biden Administration and U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy: Implications for NATO
№207: Biden Administration and U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy: Implications for NATO

Author(s): Artur Kacprzyk
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: USA; NATO; Biden administration; military policy; nuclear declaratory policy;
Summary/Abstract: Limiting the role of U.S. nuclear weapons to deterring and retaliating against nuclear attacks, as currently under consideration by the Biden administration, would be disadvantageous to NATO. The option of using nuclear weapons in response to non-nuclear aggression is less important for the Alliance than it was during the Cold War, but its rejection by the U.S. would be premature given the ongoing adaptation of NATO’s conventional forces to defence against Russia. Such a shift would weaken the Alliance’s political cohesion, and possibly also the credibility of deterrence of Russia.

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