Ideology and the Red Button: How Ideology Shapes Nuclear Weapons’ Use Preferences in Europe

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orac022

M. Onderco, Tom Etienne, Michal Smetana

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Abstract

Does partisan ideology influence whether Europeans are willing to use nuclear weapons, and if so, how? The US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe have been at the core of European security since the Cold War, but we have still yet to learn what would make Europeans be willing to support their use. In this paper, we present the results of a survey, in which we asked citizens in Germany and the Netherlands about their views on the use of the US nuclear weapons stationed on their territory in four distinct scenarios. Our results indicate that voters of right-wing parties are more likely to approve of the use of nuclear weapons in both countries. There are, however, important differences between the two countries in terms of the degree to which the participants oppose the use of nuclear weapons. These results have implications for NATO's nuclear deterrence posture.

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意识形态与红色按钮：意识形态如何影响欧洲核武器的使用偏好

党派意识形态是否会影响欧洲人是否愿意使用核武器?如果愿意，又是如何影响的?自冷战以来，美国在欧洲部署的核武器一直是欧洲安全的核心，但我们仍未了解是什么让欧洲人愿意支持使用核武器。在这篇论文中，我们提出了一项调查的结果，在这项调查中，我们询问了德国和荷兰的公民，他们对在四种不同的情况下使用驻扎在他们领土上的美国核武器的看法。我们的研究结果表明，右翼政党的选民更有可能赞成在这两个国家使用核武器。然而，在参与者反对使用核武器的程度上，两国之间存在重要差异。这些结果对北约的核威慑态势有影响。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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