NATO nuclear reform off the menu in Tallinn

But case made for ‘nuclear sharing’ by Clinton and Rasmussen unlikely to close down debate
 
Arms control has made a welcome return to the international agenda. While the recent US-Russian ‘New Start’ Treaty and Obama’s Nuclear Summit grabbed the headlines, several NATO member states have been engaged in intensive internal discussions about Alliance nuclear policy.
 
At the Foreign Ministers meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on 22-23 April, NATO nuclear policy was subject to multilateral discussions at ministerial level for the first time in over a decade. However, rather than signal a welcome change two of the key players—Secretary of State Clinton and NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen—made decisive interventions on behalf of the status quo and in so doing revealed a continuation of outdated Cold War mindsets at the heart of the Alliance. Read more in the attached pdf.