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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Withdrawing From Germany—Consolidating EUCOM’s Combat Power

Aug 10, 2020 2 min read

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Reduce Forces in Europe? America Would Suffer. Here’s How James Jay Carafano

Jun 9, 2020 3 min read

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To Boost NATO’s Presence in the Black Sea, Get Creative Luke Coffey

Jun 2, 2020 5 min read

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Serbia’s Objections Shouldn’t Thwart Kosovo’s Bid to Create Its Own Army Daniel Kochis

Oct 30, 2018 3 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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Soros is No “Second-Order” Threat in Global Affairs Mike Gonzalez

Jun 19, 2017 4 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