If Russia wants ground-based U.S. nuclear weapons removed from Europe, it must verifiably do the same, writes TomRtweets.
Former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Jonathan Granoff of the anti-nuclear weapons Global Security Institute fail this test. Seeking a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, Arias and Granoff call for NATO's preparation to withdraw"all U.S. nuclear warheads from Europe and Turkey, preliminary to negotiations [over the war in Ukraine]. Withdrawal would be carried out once peace terms are agreed between Ukraine and Russia.
At the most basic level, NATO's withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Europe would utterly vindicate President Vladimir Putin's brinkmanship. Far from being penalized for waging the largest war in Europe since 1945, Putin would find a reward for his aggression. He would thus have reason to do more of the exact opposite of what NATO exists to deter: leveraging military force to extract political concessions and diminished democratic security.
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