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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New START: Critical Limits on U.S. Missile Defense Options Persist Baker Spring

Nov 10, 2010 4 min read

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Time to Revise Obama’s Russian “Reset” Policy Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Oct 26, 2010 5 min read

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The U.K. Budget Cuts: Lessons for the United States

Oct 26, 2010 5 min read

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Spending Cuts in British Defense Review: Less Than Expected, but Still Damaging Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Oct 22, 2010 4 min read

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Russia’s Proposed New European Security Treaty: A Non-Starter for the U.S. an... Sally McNamara

Sep 16, 2010 27 min read

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Do Not Undermine the U.S.–European Military Relationship Sally McNamara

Sep 9, 2010 5 min read

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The Manas Base and Challenges to the U.S. Presence in Kyrgyzstan Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Jul 27, 2010 5 min read

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Europe: What Future? Robin Harris, D. Phil.

Jul 15, 2010 1 min read

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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

Research Associate, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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