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The Atlantic Brief: U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence

October 7, 2026
The Atlantic Brief: U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence
The Atlantic Brief: U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence

The Atlantic Brief: U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence

Ankit Panda, Paul van Hooft, Tom McKane, Kerry Boyd Anderson, and Matthew Savill
October 7, 2026
For this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal United Services Institute and War on the Rocks present a dialogue on U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence. Participating experts from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and the United States bring decades of first-hand experience in the armed forces, diplomacy, and foreign policy. They explore evolving views of America’s extended nuclear deterrence, the role of the British and French nuclear forces, and assess implications for NATO.Speakers: Ankit Panda: Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and host of the War on the Rocks podcast “Thinking the Unthinkable“ Paul van Hooft: Head of the RAND Europe Deterrence Initiative and a contributor to War on the Rocks Tom McKane: Former Director General for Strategy and Director General for Security Policy in the U.K. Ministry of Defence (2008 to 2014). RUSI Distinguished Fellow in Military Sciences Co-Moderator: Kerry Anderson, Senior Membership Editor at War on the Rocks Co-Moderator: Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences, RUSI Image: Senior Airman Madelyn Keech via Wikimedia Commons

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For this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal United Services Institute and War on the Rocks present a dialogue on U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence. Participating experts from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and the United States bring decades of first-hand experience in the armed forces, diplomacy, and foreign policy. They explore evolving views of America’s extended nuclear deterrence, the role of the British and French nuclear forces, and assess implications for NATO.

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Image: Senior Airman Madelyn Keech via Wikimedia Commons

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