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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How the U.S. Should Deal with Putin’s Russia Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Mar 7, 2012 5 min read

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Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe

Mar 1, 2012 4 min read

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Why Vladimir Putin Is Immune to the American Reset Garry Kasparov

Feb 28, 2012 22 min read

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The U.K. Governing Coalition: The Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stak... Robin Harris, D. Phil.

Feb 22, 2012 31 min read

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European Leaders Gather in the Swamp J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Feb 1, 2012 2 min read

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Reasserting American Exceptionalism in the U.S.–Russia Relationship The Honorable John Boehner

Jan 10, 2012 9 min read

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The Failure of the “Russia Reset”: Next Steps for the United States and Europe Sally McNamara

Jan 5, 2012 22 min read

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The Only Way to Get U.S.-Russia Relations Back on Track Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Dec 7, 2011 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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