It is September 2030. Russian soldiers cross the borders of Finland and Poland. Vladimir Putin announces a ‘special military operation’ on Nato – less than a decade after invading Ukraine.

America is not coming, after distancing itself from Europe during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

Looking into the future, this is the concern of some European leaders who feel they can no longer depend on the US to extend nuclear deterrence to the continent amid a potential Russian threat.

As a result, debates about proliferation are resurfacing in countries which already host nuclear weapons and those which do not.

Metro attended a briefing about how to prevent ‘an era of nuclear anarchy’ at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), which weighed in on what this debate means for gl

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