Amerikansk strategi og atomvåbenpolitik i en ny geopolitisk tidsalder: Et oversigtsskabende feltstudie af Trump og Biden-administrationernes forskellige prioriteringsområder

Carina Meyn

doi:10.31374/sjms.89

Amerikansk strategi og atomvåbenpolitik i en ny geopolitisk tidsalder: Et oversigtsskabende feltstudie af Trump og Biden-administrationernes forskellige prioriteringsområder

Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies

Volume 4 (2021): Issue 1

By: Carina Meyn

Open Access

|Aug 2021

Abstract

Denne artikel undersøger Trump- og Biden-administrationernes nye fornemmelse for strategi og international atomvåbenpolitik. Dette gøres med afsæt i officielle taler og en bredere sociologisk opmærksomhed på de specialiserede sikkerhedspolitiske debatter blandt USA’s policy-politiske magteliter.1 Efter otte år med Præsident Obama ved magten indvarslede Trump-administrationens komme et nyt og øget fokus på: (i) stormagtspolitikkens genkomst i international politik; (ii) behovet for en ny prioritering af USA’s strategiske våbenudvikling; og (iii) en ny bekymring for russisk brug af taktiske atomvåben i mulige nye konfliktscenarier med en klart overlegen modstander. Overfor dette står Biden-administrationen for en ganske anden ideologisk linje i den internationale atomvåbenpolitik. Det betyder imidlertid ikke, at den nye administration nu aflyser den mere værdimæssige og trussels-orienterede opfattelse af de overordnede udviklingstendenser i international politik. I stedet vil vi fra Biden administrationen i de kommende år se en øget opmærksomhed på de større ideologiske og geopolitiske trusler, der kolliderer med Vestens dominans og derfor også en større politisk og praktisk indsats for netop at tackle disse udfordringer.

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