Guarantee by a state with nuclear weapons to defend a non-nuclear allied state
The "nuclear umbrella" is a guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state. The context is usually the security alliances of the United States with Australia,[1] Japan,[2] South Korea,[3] the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (much of Europe, Turkey and Canada) and the Compact of Free Association (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau). Those alliances were formed because of the Cold War and the Soviet Union. For some countries, it was an alternative to acquiring nuclear weapons themselves; other alternatives include regional nuclear-weapon-free zones or nuclear sharing.
Nuclear umbrellas: (April 2024)
Nuclear weapon states
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Non-NATO states under the United States' nuclear umbrella
Collective Security Treaty Organization
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^Hans M. Kristensen (July 21, 1999). "Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella". Nautilus Institute. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
^"The US Nuclear Umbrella Over South Korea". The Nuclear Information Project. October 23, 2006. Archived from the original on August 5, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
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