By Shane Ward Eleven years after its last Strategic Concept, NATO faces its most critical self-assessment since the Cold War. “Our security environment is more complex and contested than ever before,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated earlier this year. “We are adapting to a more competitive world.” The new Strategic Concept, which establishes NATO’s “enduring […]
Fact Sheet: U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Nuclear weapons owned by the United States have been deployed in Europe since the mid-1950s, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized their storage at allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bases on the continent for use against the Soviet Union. Though NATO officially declares itself a “nuclear alliance,” it does not own any nuclear weapons. […]
Fact Sheet: The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Inventory
Updated June 2025 One of five nuclear-weapon states recognized under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the United Kingdom had until 2021 been in the process of reducing the overall size of its nuclear weapon stockpile. The United Kingdom maintains a minimal deterrent with the smallest deployed nuclear arsenal of the nuclear-weapon states. Its nuclear forces are […]
Trump team was right to extend Iran deal waivers
By Samuel Hickey On January 30, the Trump Administration extended four nuclear waivers allowing Russia, China and the UK to continue their work to restrain Iran’s nuclear program. While this move is good for American security, there are Iran hawks in the Senate who advocate rescinding all waivers related to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
Four Nuclear Submarines and a Tory Majority: Why renewed calls for Scottish independence could spell trouble for the UK’s nuclear weapons
By Liv Galbraith While the path to an independent Scotland faces significant roadblocks, the renewed possibility of Scottish independence brings up questions about Scotland, the United Kingdom, and their respective places in the world. One of these questions, unresolved from 2014, is as much a question of the philosophical as the practical: what is the future of […]
