Debate Should The U.S. Adopt No First Use Nuclear Policy Opinion

For the latest Newsweek “Debate of the Week,” bestselling author and nuclear non-proliferation advocate Greg Mitchell debates Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs on one of the most important, but perhaps one of the more under-discussed, U.S. defense policy questions: Should we adopt a “no first use” nuclear strike policy?

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Josh Hammer, Newsweek opinion editor, is also a syndicated columnist and of counsel at First Liberty Institute.

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No doubt these activists were thrilled to see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden offer an enthusiastic recent embrace of NFU. But his position is not new; at a campaign event last year, Biden confirmed that he has supported NFU for more than 20 years.