Europe needs its own nuclear deterrence

By Loukis Skaliotis

European countries have recently woken up to the need to boost their defence spending with the defence/GDP ratio being pushed up above 2 per cent for Nato countries as a whole.

The threat from Russia’s likely victory in Ukraine has sharpened minds and the need to increase defence capabilities particularly from countries closer to the conflict such as Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

But it is concerns