William Alberque (Director of Strategy, Technology and Arms Control at the IISS Europe office in Berlin) will discuss NATO’s Nuclear Deterrent: History and Future Adaptation.

NATO’s nuclear deterrent, as part of its overall deterrence posture, evolved from the Cold War to today – sometimes due to thoughtful decision-making, and sometimes due to inertia. However, Russia’s disruption of the Euro-Atlantic security environment, especially in its ongoing war against Ukraine, as well as other changes to the security environment, has forced allies to re-learn and re-think deterrence from the ground up. This includes concepts like Forward Defence, Integrated Deterrence, and the re-introduction of standing defence plans for NATO territory for the first time since 1989.

Programme:

• 13:00 – 13:05: Introduction by Karen van Loon and Wannes Verstraete (Egmont Institute).
• 13:05 – 13:15 Opening remarks by Ettore Greco (Executive Vice-President and Head of the Multilateralism and Global Governance Programme at Instituto Affari Internationali).
• 13:15 – 13:45 Presentation by William Alberque (Director of Strategy, Technology and Arms Control at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Europe office in Berlin) about NATO’s Nuclear Deterrent: History and Future Adaptation.
• 13:45 – 14:15 Q&A with the participants.
• 14:15 – 14:30 Networking opportunity.

Participants are encouraged to actively engage in the conversation, which will take place under Chatham House Rule.