Eurodeterrent

English

WOTD – 1 December 2017

Etymology

The Flag of the European Union

From Euro- ‎ deterrent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo͝o'rōdĭtĕʹrənt, IPA^(key): /ˌjʊəɹəʊdɪˈtɛɹənt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌjʊɹoʊdiˈtɛɹənt/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧de‧ter‧rent

Proper noun

Eurodeterrent

1. The proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Community (before November 1993) and the European Union (after November 1993).
   • 1980, Leopold Łabędź, “1983: How Europe Fell”, in Policy Review, number 17, Washington, D.C.: Hoover Institution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 2015, Ramesh Thakur, “The Nuclear Debate”, in Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 72:

     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.

Alternative forms

• Euro-deterrent

Translations

proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Union

• German: Eurodeterrent
• Polish: Eurodeterrent m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛw.rɔ.dɛˈtɛ.rɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
• Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧de‧te‧rrent

Proper noun

Eurodeterrent m inan

1. Eurodeterrent (unified nuclear deterrent of the European Union)
   • 1997, Andrzej Ciupiński, Perspektywy europejskiej polityki bezpieczeństwa i obrony‎^[1]:

     W toku przygotowań do Międzyrządowej Konferencji Unii Europejskiej w ośrodkach studiów strategicznych dyskutowano m.in. nad możliwością stworzenia europejskiego systemu odstraszania nuklearnego Eurodeterrent.

     While preparing for the International European Union Conference in strategy studies hubs, the possibility of creating a European system of scaring off a nucleaer Eurodeterrent, among other things.

Further reading

• Eurodeterrent in Polish dictionaries at PWN