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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Why Europe Refuses to Take Back Captured ISIS Fighters Robin Simcox

Oct 8, 2019 4 min read

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Why Europe Should Look Inward Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Aug 20, 2019 2 min read

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The U.S.-UK Alliance Is Special and Will Endure Nile Gardiner, PhD

Nov 30, 2017 2 min read

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Russia Will Not Win a Diplomatic Tit-for-Tat With the US Helle C. Dale

Sep 11, 2017 3 min read

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Putin will Never be a Friend Luke Coffey

Sep 6, 2017 3 min read

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Returning Seized Compounds to Russia Would Be a Mistake Daniel Kochis

Jul 17, 2017 3 min read

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Trump’s Foreign Trip Tells a Tale of Two Europes Helle C. Dale

Jul 7, 2017 3 min read

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Trump to Meet With Putin, G-20 Leaders in Second European Trip Helle C. Dale

Jul 5, 2017 2 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