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Europe's costly military pensions complicate defence build-up
European nations want to spend big on artillery, missiles and drones, but costly military pension commitments risk ...
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Is Europe ready to defend itself? Four key charts that tell the story
The Trump administration has sent an unmistakable message to Europe: You’re on your own. In three dizzying months, the White House has reversed decades’ worth of American foreign policy ...
US Leaves Europe Hanging With No Road Map for Defense Withdrawal
It's been reported it would take up to 10 years of elevated defense spending before Europe would have the capabilities to ...
Europe Wants to Arm Ukraine, but It’s Losing a Race Against Time
President Trump’s insistence that the United States do less toward securing Europe means that allies, scrambling to arm ...
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82nd Airborne brings ‘any mission’ capabilities to Europe as combat exercises begin
The Swift Response exercise, large combat drills stretching from Nordic lands to NATO’s eastern flank, are getting underway.
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Ischinger: Europe going it alone in Ukraine could be ‘the end of NATO as we know it’
A post-war European peacekeeping force in Ukraine without U.S. involvement could trigger “the de facto end of NATO,” a former top German diplomat warned. Wolfgang Ischinger, the former German ...
Europe Needs an Economic NATO | Opinion
Europe's economic sovereignty is at stake. Without a coordinated effort, it risks becoming a continent of good ideas but few ...
Europe Alone and in Shock on V-E Day
On the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, echoes of tyrannies past shake a continent that is trying to find its ...
Securing Europe: NATO's Next Steps
At the conclusion of the Munich Leaders Meeting in Washington, POLITICO will convene an exclusive group of senior participants to discuss the most pressing security challenges today —and the steps ...
Dutch leader says NATO's chief insists allies should spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defense budgets
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof says NATO’s chief wants the allies to agree to start spending at least 3.5% of GDP on their ...