Can France Be Europe’s Nuclear Deterrent?

Europe Inside Out by Carnegie Europe

Rym Momtaz, Sophia Besch, and Ulrich Kühn debate whether the update to France's nuclear doctrine adequately addresses Europe's deterrence gaps.

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