Considering NATO’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons after the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review. BASIC Backgrounder, April 7, 2010

The moment the Allies have been waiting for is here. A comprehensive discussion around the future posture of the Alliance had been held back as governments awaited the verdict of the Obama Administration’s release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The NPR has been published, and it explicitly leaves open all options for NATO allies to consider. Now NATO can freely move ahead with its Strategic Concept review, which is to be completed when the Allies meet at the next NATO Summit, in Lisbon next fall.