This article is a reproduction of the What's New in Nukes? Newsletter July 2012. It is reproduced with the kind permission of The No Nukes campaign (IKV Pax Christi's program for nuclear disarmament)
The Chicago NATO summit in May was dominated by discussions on Afghanistan, missile defence and austerity measures. On the margins, the 28 member states also issued an important document, the Deterrence and Defence Posture Review (DDPR) in which NATO explains its new nuclear posture.
NoNukes asked Oliver Meier (Germany), Hans Lammerant (Belgium) and Wilbert van der Zeijden (Netherlands) how the disappointing DDPR was received in their countries and what they see as next steps towards removing the obsolete nuclear weapons from their countries.
You can find the articles here:
Germany and U.S. nuclear weapons after the Chicago Summit (Oliver Meier)
Belgium and the Tactical Nuclear Weapons after Chicago (Hans Lammerant)
The Netherlands and the Tactical Nuclear Weapons after the DDPR (Wilbert van der Zeijden)
NATO, NPT and Nuclear Sharing (Susi Snyder)