The Language of Power: Le parapluie nucléaire
Claude-France Arnould, Senior Fellow for European Defence at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics and Former Director of the European Defence Agency, and Juraj Majcin, Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre, join host Paul Taylor in this episode of The Language of Power to examine France’s proposal to extend its nuclear deterrent to European partners at a moment of growing uncertainty over the reliability of US security guarantees.
Drawing on President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of “advanced nuclear deterrence”, the discussion assesses the credibility of France’s nuclear doctrine and arsenal, the reactions of NATO allies and Russia, and the political, military and financial implications of greater European reliance on French nuclear protection.
The episode explores whether this initiative represents a genuine strengthening of European deterrence, a stopgap hedge against American unpredictability, or a power play within an evolving European defence landscape.
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