Raymond Aron and the Prospect of a German Nuclear Armament

IF 0.1 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Tocqueville Review Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.3138/TTR.39.2.51
Joël Mouric
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Abstract:Was the Federal Republic of Germany, as Stanley Hoffmann once put it, “the country that [had] most deliberately chosen to put independence after safety”? In the early sixties, his friend Raymond Aron alluded to the possibility of a West German nuclear armament, while chancellor Adenauer was eager to leave open the possibility thereof. Such a hypothesis, which contradicts Aron’s reputation as a prudent strategist, should be put in historical perspective. Back in 1960, nuclear weapons were not only the crux of the East-West balance of power, but also a matter of the highest importance for the West European nation-states: Britain, France and Western Germany. This article, with reference to Marc Trachtenberg’s A constructed peace, analyzes Aron’s views on a West German nuclear armament at the global and European levels. It suggests that, while Aron was empathetic towards the German longing for reunification and equality of rights epitomized in the controversial vision of a national deterrent, he was simultaneously convinced that the existing balance of power would rule out both aspirations.
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摘要:正如斯坦利·霍夫曼(Stanley Hoffmann)曾经说过的那样,德意志联邦共和国是“最有意选择将独立置于安全之后的国家”吗?60年代初,他的朋友Raymond Aron暗示了西德拥有核武器的可能性,而总理Adenauer则急于保留这种可能性。这样的假设与阿伦作为一个谨慎战略家的声誉相矛盾,应该放在历史的角度来看待。早在1960年,核武器不仅是东西方力量平衡的关键,也是英国、法国和西德等西欧民族国家最重要的问题。本文参照马克的《建构的和平》,从全球和欧洲两个层面分析了阿隆对西德核武器的看法。这表明,尽管阿隆对德国对统一和权利平等的渴望感同身受,这体现在有争议的国家威慑愿景中,但他同时相信,现有的权力平衡将排除这两种愿望。
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