Commentary
Trump is distracted and Ukraine wants Europe to step up. The continent’s leaders must find their voice and assert it in talks with Russia.
Alissa de Carbonnel
Research
Forum: European Nuclear Deterrence and Donald Trump
Firming up European nuclear and conventional deterrence, in particular vis-à-vis Russia, calls for better coordination between Berlin, London and Paris, and deeper and more systematic consultation with other capitals.
Published on Feb 7, 2025
About the Authors
Ulrich Kühn
Former Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program
Ulrich Kühn was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
Héloïse Fayet
Andrew Futter
Lukasz Kulesa
Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Royal United Services Institute
Łukasz Kulesa is the deputy head of research at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM).
Paul van Hooft
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard is a postdoctoral fellow in the Political Science Department at the University of Oslo.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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