+ France's nuclear deterrent
| | | | Europe's leaders are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the future of the continent's defence and the EU's recently proposed measures to "re-arm" its member states. The plan, which aims to boost the bloc's defence spending by €800 billion, comes on the heels of a week that has featured a catastrophic breakdown in transatlantic diplomacy and the US cutting all military aid to Ukraine. And with Russia bearing down to its east, Europe has to figure out how to defend itself without the US, and fast. Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet, from the University of Barcelona, takes a look at the challenges of collectively arming Europe, many of which will currently be subject to heated debate in Brussels. Europe also has to dissuade anyone from attacking it in the first place. Though dwarfed by the US and Russia, France's nuclear arsenal may well be continental Europe's most potent deterrent to any potential attack on European soil. Nuclear defence researcher Benoît Grémare takes stock of France's nuclear capability to see how it stacks up in this rapidly emerging new world order. At a time when tectonic political shifts are an apparently weekly occurrence, you'd be forgiven for feeling like climbing the ladder at work seems a little futile. According to Marta Elvira and Olivier Godechot's research, it might not even be possible, as workplaces are increasingly segregated by income. Their recently published study into workers in 12 different countries makes one thing very clear – high earners are not only getting richer, they're also more and more isolated from lower paid workers, with damaging consequences for social cohesion and mobility. |  | Alex Minshall Editor, Valencia | |  Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet, Universitat de Barcelona Europe depends heavily on US and Nato military support for its defence. |  Benoît Grémare, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Under what conditions could France – the only nuclear power in the EU since Brexit – provide deterrence on a European scale now that US protection against Russia is not guaranteed? | | |  Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén, University of Westminster The bloc has been striking deals elsewhere in anticipation of US tariffs, but the need for retaliation remains almost inevitable. | |  Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) ; Godechot Olivier, Sciences Po Workers and executives are often segregated by income. |  Willi Zhang, Karolinska Institutet The bisexual population in Stockholm has doubled over 12 years. | |  Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex A US deal that gives Russia more power, and withdraws support from former allies, is likely to cost Washington overall. | | | | | -
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