Präsident Trumps Nuclear Posture Review

Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Journal Title: SIRIUS
Series: 2
Volume: 2
Publication Year: 2018

Nuclear deterrence may remain the top priority set out by the Trump administration’s “Nuclear Posture Review”. However, this article highlights that the administration’s nuclear policy has turned away from the Obama-era policy of reducing the salience of nuclear arms and renouncing new nuclear capability development. Further, as President Trump is dismissive of the concept of arms control, the text's author also warns that there is an increasing danger that the return of great-power rivalry with Russia and China could result in a nuclear arms race.

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