Speakers
Description
Eight decades after their invention, nuclear weapons remain a defining feature of contemporary international politics. While much existing scholarship has focused on the policies or nuclear-armed states, this panel shifts attention to the often-overlooked role of non-nuclear allies within NATO. It advances the study of extended nuclear deterrence by treating NATO’s non-nuclear allies as political actors whose choices shape the form and operation of the nuclear umbrella in Europe.
Rather than assuming a uniform alliance experience, the contributions to the panel examine how non-nuclear NATO allies have interpreted, contested, and negotiated nuclear arrangements across time and national contexts. The four papers consider NATO’s nuclear arrangements as alliance institutions that are embedded in domestic politics, military planning and intra-alliance bargaining. They explore the tradeoffs inherent in extended nuclear deterrence, the multiple functions of forward-deployed nuclear weapons, and the conditions under which these functions are effective, including political cohesion and trust.
The panel brings together scholars from multiple countries and combines historical research with qualitative and quantitative political science approaches. By centering non-nuclear allies as active participants in alliance nuclear politics, the panel advances the study of extended nuclear deterrence and offers a more nuanced understanding of how NATO’s nuclear umbrella operates in practice.
| If you are submitting an Open Panel proposal, have you included all four abstracts in attachment? | Yes, I have included all required information (see below). |
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| Would you like to be considered for travel funding through the NetSec COST Action? | Yes |
| Are you a member of the NetSec Management Committee? | No |
| What discipline or branch of humanities or social sciences do you identify yourself with? | International Relations |
| Which of the following best describes your stage of the career? | Post-Doc (or within 3-year of PhD obtention) |
| In which country is your home institution? | Italy |
| What is your gender? | Female |