The Rise and Fall of Spain's 'Nuclear Exceptionalism'

• Main Author: PORTELA, Clara
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Spanish security policy; extended deterrence; NPT; nuclear weapons; NATO; International and Area Studies; Military and Veterans Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1431; https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2013.856301
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The present article looks at the evolution of Spanish views on deterrence and non-proliferation. Like every member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Spain is covered by the US nuclear umbrella and has accepted the logic of deterrence, while at the same time maintaining a denucl...