Ulrich Kühn is Director of the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a Nonresident Scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

'Ulrich Kühn’s comprehensive volume covers Germany‘s complicated relationship with Russia, perceptions of U.S. credibility, and the value of being in a nuclear alliance. A must read for NATO policymakers and scholars of nuclear studies.'Heather Williams, Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA'This timely volume fills a gap in research that existed for too long. How Germany, a vital U.S. ally, deals with the changing nature of nuclear weapons policies is crucial to understanding the challenges of the new nuclear age.'Tristan Volpe, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA‘This volume, edited by a senior policy expert, assembles leading analysts to debate Germany’s strategic options, with particular attention to the level of leadership its fractious political parties might be willing and able to provide.’Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2024'Overall, this is a carefully edited, thoroughly researched and analytically rich assessment of German nuclear policies.'Hanns W. Maull, Survival, 66:6, December 2024

• Foreword Introduction Part I: Sources of Change 1. Germany and Four Futures 2. The End of Civilian Power: Russia's War Is Changing German Policy 3. Technological Change, Innovation, and German National Security Part II: Deterrence 4. Nuclear Zeitenwende(n): Germany and NATO’s Nuclear Posture 5. German Musings about a Franco-German or German Bomb 6. German Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons: Before and after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part III: Arms Control and Disarmament 7. German Efforts to Halt the Disintegration of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control 8. The Greens and Nuclear Weapons: Torn Between Disarmament Aspirations and Pragmatism 9. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Changing Disarmament Discourses in Germany? Part IV: Nonproliferation 10. Germany and the Nonproliferation Treaty 11. Germany and the Puzzling End of Nuclear Latency 12. Germany’s Role in the Success and Failure of the Iran Nuclear Deal Of Dependence and Conservatism: Conclusions for German Nuclear Policies in the 21st Century

Ulrich Kühn is Director of the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a Nonresident Scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

'Ulrich Kühn’s comprehensive volume covers Germany‘s complicated relationship with Russia, perceptions of U.S. credibility, and the value of being in a nuclear alliance. A must read for NATO policymakers and scholars of nuclear studies.'Heather Williams, Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA'This timely volume fills a gap in research that existed for too long. How Germany, a vital U.S. ally, deals with the changing nature of nuclear weapons policies is crucial to understanding the challenges of the new nuclear age.'Tristan Volpe, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA‘This volume, edited by a senior policy expert, assembles leading analysts to debate Germany’s strategic options, with particular attention to the level of leadership its fractious political parties might be willing and able to provide.’Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2024'Overall, this is a carefully edited, thoroughly researched and analytically rich assessment of German nuclear policies.'Hanns W. Maull, Survival, 66:6, December 2024

• Foreword Introduction Part I: Sources of Change 1. Germany and Four Futures 2. The End of Civilian Power: Russia's War Is Changing German Policy 3. Technological Change, Innovation, and German National Security Part II: Deterrence 4. Nuclear Zeitenwende(n): Germany and NATO’s Nuclear Posture 5. German Musings about a Franco-German or German Bomb 6. German Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons: Before and after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part III: Arms Control and Disarmament 7. German Efforts to Halt the Disintegration of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control 8. The Greens and Nuclear Weapons: Torn Between Disarmament Aspirations and Pragmatism 9. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Changing Disarmament Discourses in Germany? Part IV: Nonproliferation 10. Germany and the Nonproliferation Treaty 11. Germany and the Puzzling End of Nuclear Latency 12. Germany’s Role in the Success and Failure of the Iran Nuclear Deal Of Dependence and Conservatism: Conclusions for German Nuclear Policies in the 21st Century

Ulrich Kühn is Director of the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies Program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a Nonresident Scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

'Ulrich Kühn’s comprehensive volume covers Germany‘s complicated relationship with Russia, perceptions of U.S. credibility, and the value of being in a nuclear alliance. A must read for NATO policymakers and scholars of nuclear studies.'Heather Williams, Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA'This timely volume fills a gap in research that existed for too long. How Germany, a vital U.S. ally, deals with the changing nature of nuclear weapons policies is crucial to understanding the challenges of the new nuclear age.'Tristan Volpe, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA‘This volume, edited by a senior policy expert, assembles leading analysts to debate Germany’s strategic options, with particular attention to the level of leadership its fractious political parties might be willing and able to provide.’Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2024'Overall, this is a carefully edited, thoroughly researched and analytically rich assessment of German nuclear policies.'Hanns W. Maull, Survival, 66:6, December 2024

• Foreword Introduction Part I: Sources of Change 1. Germany and Four Futures 2. The End of Civilian Power: Russia's War Is Changing German Policy 3. Technological Change, Innovation, and German National Security Part II: Deterrence 4. Nuclear Zeitenwende(n): Germany and NATO’s Nuclear Posture 5. German Musings about a Franco-German or German Bomb 6. German Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons: Before and after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part III: Arms Control and Disarmament 7. German Efforts to Halt the Disintegration of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control 8. The Greens and Nuclear Weapons: Torn Between Disarmament Aspirations and Pragmatism 9. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Changing Disarmament Discourses in Germany? Part IV: Nonproliferation 10. Germany and the Nonproliferation Treaty 11. Germany and the Puzzling End of Nuclear Latency 12. Germany’s Role in the Success and Failure of the Iran Nuclear Deal Of Dependence and Conservatism: Conclusions for German Nuclear Policies in the 21st Century