This, however, would be a mistake. A move toward nuclearization would further destabilize security on the continent while being unlikely to yield any actual bombs.
On Jan. 25, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed “ongoing discussions with France and Britain” about potentially collaborating on nuclear weapons, going so far as to say that “it is important that there are nuclear-armed powers in Europe.” The United States’ ongoing push for territorial expansion at the expense of Denmark and Russia’s continued resilience to Western sanctions and military aid to Ukraine have brought into question fundamental assumptions about Nordic security. Increasingly, the debate in the region has involved the possibility of developing nuclear weapons.
On Jan. 25, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed “ongoing discussions with France and Britain” about potentially collaborating on nuclear weapons, going so far as to say that “it is important that there are nuclear-armed powers in Europe.” The United States’ ongoing push for territorial expansion at the expense of Denmark and Russia’s continued resilience to Western sanctions and military aid to Ukraine have brought into question fundamental assumptions about Nordic security. Increasingly, the debate in the region has involved the possibility of developing nuclear weapons.
This, however, would be a mistake. A move toward nuclearization would further destabilize security on the continent while being unlikely to yield any actual bombs.
The Nordic region is just the latest part of the world where the possibility of acquiring nuclear weapons has become normalized in response to growing uncertainty about U.S. security commitments.
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