Europe

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Europe

Home to America’s oldest allies, Europe has been central to America’s alliance network since World War II and the creation of NATO. Europe is confronting challenges to prosperity and traditional values from bureaucratic overreach and foreign adversaries, but encouraging progress is on display by those governments pursuing free market, transatlantic strategies while revitalizing their defense capabilities.

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U.S. First Principles vs. European Bureaucratic Overreach

Jun 4, 2026 4 min read

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Paul McCarthy

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Saving Britain, Saving the West - Our Last Chance

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Putin's Asymmetrical War on the West Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

May 5, 2014 6 min read

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Remembering Margaret Thatcher a year after her death Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Apr 7, 2014 2 min read

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Obama fails the Crimea Rorschach test Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Mar 31, 2014 2 min read

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Free nations should band together to promote shared values James Jay Carafano

Mar 30, 2014 2 min read

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Five Reasons Cold War II Isn't Happening James Jay Carafano

Mar 28, 2014 4 min read

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Will Putin’s bad-boy routine help Obama, Kerry see the light? Peter Brookes

Mar 27, 2014 3 min read

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EU's cheesy food fight stinks to high heaven Diane Katz

Mar 25, 2014 2 min read

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Can Britain learn to stand up for itself? Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Mar 22, 2014 3 min read

Experts on Europe

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Nile Gardiner, PhD

Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow

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Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow

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Senior Research Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom