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Eurodeterrent en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌjʊɹoʊdiˈtɛɹənt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• yo͝o'rōdĭtĕʹrənt (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌjʊəɹəʊdɪˈtɛɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Euro- + deterrent.

Meanings

1. The proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Community (before November 1993) and the European Union (after November 1993).
   • The idea of a Eurodeterrent, essentially based on Anglo-French or Franco-German cooperation, has not materialized, for national political reasons. In the meantime the Soviet Union has increased the number of its SS-20 nuclear missiles and of its Backfire bombers, which were excluded from the SALT II agreement as “non-strategic,” but which can, with their respective ranges, easily hit the obsolete French and British nuclear arsenals and the European airports on which the strategic air-forces are based. 1980, Leopold Łabędź, “1983: How Europe Fell”, in Policy Review, number 17, Washington, D.C.: Hoover Institution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
   • A number of European governments publicly criticized France to the clear dismay of French leaders. The effort by Paris to portray its nuclear weapons as the 'European deterrent' (or Euro-deterrent) failed to win many hearts and minds in Europe. 2015, Ramesh Thakur, “The Nuclear Debate”, in Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 72:
   • If a group of European nations under EU, WEU [Western European Union]or other auspices succeeded in building a collective ‘Eurodeterrent’, some Americans might conclude that US commitments and forces in Europe were no longer necessary. 1999, Kōrō Bessho, Identities and Security in East Asia (Adelphi Papers; 325), Oxford: Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, →ISBN, page 40:

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Translations (2)

de Eurodeterrent (proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Union) · pl Eurodeterrent (proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Union)