NATO Nuclear Policy

  • 25 of the 28 member states of NATO, including Canada, are defined as being non-nuclear-weapon states in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

  • NATO regards nuclear deterrence as a key part of its military doctrine

This contradiction has long undermined attempts by the international community to take serious steps towards nuclear disarmament.

 

Project Ploughshares supports the call for a clear reversal of NATO's policy of continuing commitment to nuclear weapons and nuclear-use strategies


Recent Publications

NATO Misses Another Opportunity May 2010

NATO’s Nuclear Declarations March 2010

NATO's Strategic Concept, the NPT and Global Zero February 2010

 

illustration: Melanie Ferrier

"and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more."