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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British Defense Cuts Threaten the Anglo-American Special Relationship Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Nov 18, 2008 About an hour read

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Executive Summary: British Defense Cuts Threaten the Anglo-AmericanSpecial Re... Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Nov 18, 2008 3 min read

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Bush's foreign policy Helle C. Dale

Oct 30, 2008 3 min read

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Obama May Not be Bush, but He Won't be What Europe Expects Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Oct 30, 2008 4 min read

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Executive Summary: Shaping the NATO-EU Relationship: What the U.S.Must Do: Eu... Sally McNamara

Oct 8, 2008 4 min read

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Shaping the NATO-EU Relationship: What the U.S. Must Do Sally McNamara

Oct 8, 2008 26 min read

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The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the United Kingdom andAustralia A... Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Sep 29, 2008 7 min read

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Putin's Navy, Chávez's Ambition, and the Caribbean Adventure

Sep 26, 2008 5 min read

Experts on Europe

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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