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Nuclear Deterrence, Safety and NC3 Resilience as a Strategic Priority in NATO, the European Union and Allied Architectures
What is the strategic rationale for nuclear deterrence credibility and NC3 resilience under renewed revisionist coercion and expanding escalation pathways?
Nuclear Deterrence, Safety and NC3 Resilience as a Strategic Priority in NATO, the European Union and Allied Architectures: The strategic priority concerns. De…
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The strategic priority concerns the credibility of nuclear deterrence under conditions of renewed revisionist coercion, accelerated technological contestation, and a demonstrable expansion of pathways to escalation that do not rely on conventional force-on-force engagements.
In the Euro-Atlantic environment, the central political premise remains that nuclear deterrence is a political function designed to preserve peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression, with use characterised as an extreme contingency.
This analysis answers: What is the strategic rationale for nuclear deterrence credibility and NC3 resilience under renewed revisionist coercion and expanding escalation pathways? How do operational generation and multidomain implications shape the capability families and tactical building blocks? Which technology clusters drive industrial transformation of NC3 and deterrence architectures? What structural bottlenecks and strategic dependencies affect institutions, industry, research and capital?
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