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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EU Army to the Rescue? Heaven Help Us From Our Friends Helle C. Dale

Oct 29, 2003 3 min read

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U.S. Should Promote WTO as Substitute to Eurasian Common EconomicSpace Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Oct 16, 2003 4 min read

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U.S.-Russian Relations Threatened By Iraq Arms Sales Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Apr 1, 2003 3 min read

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A Private Russian Oil Pipeline Is Good for U.S. Energy Security Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Mar 14, 2003 4 min read

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Foiling Franco-German Folly Nile Gardiner, PhD

Mar 6, 2003 3 min read

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Preventing a Crisis in U.S.-Russian Relations Over Moscow's NuclearTechnology... Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Mar 3, 2003 4 min read

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Putting the EU in Its Place: Why Filing a GMO Case with the WTO IsCrucial Sara J. Fitzgerald

Jan 31, 2003 3 min read

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Why a Pro-Western Turkey Is a U.S. Policy Priority

Dec 13, 2002 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

Research Associate, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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