International Conference
Nuclear deterrence in Europe. Visions, debates, opportunities, and challenges From 1945 to present
June 28th - 29th, 2021
on-line: https://www.gotomeet.me/CIENS/colloque on site: PSL-ENS Paris, Salle Jean Jaurès, 29 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris
Organised by the Interdisciplinary Centre on Nuclear and Strategic Studies (CIENS) - École Normale Supérieure (ENS-Ulm) / Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) In partnership with the Non-Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP) Cet évènement a obentu le label “La Fabrique Défense” du Ministère des Armées
Programme
JUNE 28 TH , 2021
1.30 p.m. Welcoming Participants
1.45 p.m. Welcome Address by Nicolas Roche (CIENS/MAE FR)
Introduction by Ilaria Parisi (CIENS) and Guillaume de Rouge (CIENS / UCO-BS University)
2.15-3.30 p.m. Panel 1. The Multilateral Force and its Aftermath Chair and discussant: Leopoldo Nuti (Roma 3 University)
Murat IPLIKCI (Bilkent University), A Strange Love of the IRBMs or How Turkey Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the American Nuclear Missiles in 1957 Evgeny KUZNETSOV (Attega Consulting, Moscow), The End of European Nuclear Deterrence. Demise of MLF and Creation of the Nuclear Planning Group
3.30 p.m. Pause 3.45 - 5.15 p.m. Panel 2. Europe in the Second Cold War Chair and discussant: Matthew Jones (LSE)
Olivier BANGE (Political Department of the Federal German Ministry of Defence - Asia desk) (TBC), The Political Impact of Nuclear Planning. How the Dynamics of Nuclear Planning first Changed the Vision of War and then East-West Policies between 1965 and 1990 Patrick VAUGHAN (Jagiellonian University), The Carter Administration and PDF-59: Myth vs. Reality. Oliver BARTON (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence Principal), ‘No Special Privileges’? British Nuclear Forces, Transatlantic Relations, and the INF Negotiations Andrea CHIAMPAN (NATO Defense College/University of Toronto), Flawed Architects, Heterogeneous engineers, and the Making of the Second Cold War
5.15 p.m. Pause
5.30 – 6.45 p.m. Panel 3. Contesting the Bomb: European Claims against Nuclear Weapons Chair and discussant: Frédéric Gloriant (CIENS / Nantes University)
Jakub TYSZKIEWICZ (History at the University of Wroclaw), The United States and Polish Plans of Denuclearization of Central Europe in the 1950s and 1960s Yannick PINCE (Sorbonne Nouvelle University), The Failure of the French Peace Movement against the NATO Double-Track Decision : an Explanation TomSAUER (Universiteit Antwerpen), The Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on the Debate about the Role of the European Non-Nuclear Weapon States inside NATO
JUNE 29 TH , 2021
8.45 a.m. Welcoming participants
9-10.30 a.m. Panel 4. Combining Independence and Solidarity: the French Deterrent Chair and discussant: Dominique Mongin (CIENS / Inalco)
Marie DENOUE (Strasbourg Institute for Political Sciences), Soviet Perspectives on the French Nuclear Weapon John William SUTCLIFFE (University of Leeds), The Indivisible Atom: The Nation-State and Europe in French Nuclear Strategy, 1952-2020 Florian GALLERI (Nantes University),Why does France Want to Share its Bomb? Hypothesis to Explain the French long-term Choice to “Europeanise” its Nuclear Capacities Driss LARAFI (Royal college of higher military studies, Morocco), The Elusive European Nuclear Deterrent. Challenges and Prospects 10.30-11 a.m. Witness Benoit D'ABOVILLE (MAE FR), La crise de l‘Alliance entre 1963 et 1971 : convergences et différences franco-allemandes sur le rôle des armes tactiques et la riposte graduée
11-12.00 a.m. Panel 5. Europe’s Place in NATO’s Nuclear Evolution Chair and discussant: Beatrice Heuser (Glasgow University)
Jeffrey MICHAELS (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals), "No Annihilation Without Representation": Authorizing NATO Nuclear Use During the Cold War Joseph PILAT (National Security and International Studies Office of Los Alamos National Laboratory), The Debates over NATO Extended Deterrence, Nonproliferation and Disarmament from the 1950s to the Present
12 a.m. Lunch
2-3.30 p.m. Panel 6. Nuclear Deterrence in 21st Century Europe Chair and discussant: Andreas Lutsch (HsBund)
Zenobia HOMAN (King's College) et al., The Role of Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Turkey- EU Deterrence Discourse Jeremy LAMOREAUX (Brigham Young University – Idaho), The Baltic States and Nuclear Stability Following the 2020 US Presidential Election Polina SINOVETS (Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University), Arms Control at the Crossroads: the Implications for the US Extended Deterrence in Europe Johanna MÖHRING (CIENS ENS), Nuclear Deterrence in Political Party Discourse in Germany: Back to the 1980s?
3.30-4 p.m. Conclusions by Mélanie Rosselet (CIENS / CEA-DAM)
Registration Please register before June, 25th 2021, by filling out the following form. For more information, please visit the webpage of the conference.