Europe's Nuclear Umbrella

Michal Onderco is Professor of International Relations at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an affiliate at Charles University, Prague. His research focuses on domestic roots of foreign policy, and politics of nuclear weapons in Europe and globally. He is the author of Networked Nonproliferation (2021) and Iran's Nuclear Programme and Global South (2015).

• Introduction; 1. A (very) brief history of nuclear sharing; 2. Technocratic responsiveness and nuclear sharing; 3. Public opinion; 4. Political parties; 5. Civil society; 6. Allies; 7. Elites; 8. Conclusion.

'This book offers a timely and compelling account of how domestic politics shapes nuclear weapons policies and policies on nuclear sharing. Focusing on a diverse set of European cases, Onderco makes a distinctive theoretical contribution and backs it with careful, wide-ranging empirical analysis. He reveals how domestic political debates, institutions, and identities are deeply intertwined with international security commitments and alliance politics. The result is a work of lasting value for scholars and students of international relations, foreign policy, and European politics.' Gary Marks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and European University Institute, Florence