Topyekün Mukabele Stratejisi ve Avrupa Güvenliği
Massive Retaliation Strategy and European Security

Summary/Abstract: The Trump administration's threat to its European allies that the US will not ensure Europe's security against Russia unless they increase their defense spending has highlighted the longstanding reliance of Europe on the US for security. Throughout the Cold War, US nuclear weapons were the foundation of the security guarantee provided to European allies against the Soviet Union. The strategy of massive response remained in place until Soviet missiles could reach US territory, involved covering the cost of conventional troops with nuclear weapons. This strategy formed the basis of the US's nuclear weapons policy and its commitment to its European allies through NATO. In contrast to Trump's approach of shifting the cost of nuclear weapons to European states, the US historically shouldered the financial burden.

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