Does Europe Need a Nuclear Umbrella?

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With the US-Europe relationship on the rocks, the question of how to guarantee Europe’s security without America is once again on the agenda, specifically nuclear sharing. In this video, we’re taking a look at the concept of an European nuclear umbrella and how it might work.

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Sources:
European nuclear umbrella
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/can-europe-build-its-own-nuclear-umbrella?lang=en
https://www.epc.eu/publication/from-umbrella-to-arsenal-boosting-europes-nuclear-deterrence/

End of US nuclear deterrence in Europe?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe-trump-nato-greenland-venezuela-denmark-nuclear-b2896562.html
https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2025-06/why-america-may-be-triggering-new-era-nuclear-proliferation

UK-France Nuclear Cooperation (Northwood Declaration)
https://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/2025/09/the-northwood-declaration-uk-france-nuclear-cooperation-and-a-new-european-strategic-backstop/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/reading-between-the-lines-of-the-new-france-uk-nuclear-entente/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-france-nuclear-steering-group-meets-to-advance-cooperation-under-northwood-declaration

Analysis & proposals
https://www.martenscentre.eu/blog/european-nuclear-deterrent-with-or-without-nato/
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/us-extended-nuclear-deterrence-in-europe-three-scenarios
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/can-europe-build-its-own-nuclear-umbrella?lang=en

Nuclear weapons by country
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance

00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – Context
03:39 – Europe’s Nuclear Umbrella Explained
07:07 – Sponsored Content

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