Germany open’s Pandora’s Box

The agreement that brought Germany’s ruling parties into coalition in November 2009 committed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to 'the withdrawal of all US nuclear weapons from Germany'.

Senior Americans close to President Barack Obama are said to be similarly advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons stationed in NATO countries. The authors of the Briefing Note believe these steps would be damaging, both to Germany and the NATO alliance as a whole.

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