“In 15 years, in a really perfect world, the US and Europe ought to be comparatively equal companions and allies, not safety supplier and dependent,” FP’s Emma Ashford wrote just lately.
No matter how U.S. politics unfolds in that point, there’s a consensus in Europe that the continent can now not depend on its trans-Atlantic accomplice for protection. The query is what Europe’s transformation will appear to be—and whether or not will increase in army spending will translate into notably higher defensive capabilities.
“In 15 years, in a really perfect world, the US and Europe ought to be comparatively equal companions and allies, not safety supplier and dependent,” FP’s Emma Ashford wrote just lately.
No matter how U.S. politics unfolds in that point, there’s a consensus in Europe that the continent can now not depend on its trans-Atlantic accomplice for protection. The query is what Europe’s transformation will appear to be—and whether or not will increase in army spending will translate into notably higher defensive capabilities.
This version of The Studying Listing offers a snapshot into how consultants are fascinated by Europe’s strategic reboot and what it ought to entail.
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Passing the Baton in Europe
There has not often been a safer window for the transition of safety on the continent away from America, FP’s Emma Ashford writes.
How Europe’s Future Hinges on Protection
Jared Cohen tells FP’s Ravi Agrawal: “With out financial development, you begin to evaporate geopolitically.”
Dutch troopers simulate city fight throughout a army train alongside members of the German army close to Gardelegen, Germany, on April 9. The train is supposed to extend operability for defending Europe’s japanese flank. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Pictures
Europe Is Nonetheless Defenseless With out America
Franz-Stefan Gady weighs in on the way forward for NATO.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the Presidential Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine the place they held a gathering of the so-called “coalition of the prepared”on Might 10, 2025 in Kyiv. WPA Pool/Getty Pictures
Europe Has Willed Itself to Energy
How the continent earned a seat on the desk that may determine Ukraine’s destiny, in keeping with Michael Kimmage and Linas Kojala.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, heart, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron as he hosts a European leaders’ summit at Lancaster Home in London on March 2.Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Road / Handout/ Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures
Europe Wants a Full Strategic Reboot
If the continent’s leaders can’t make robust decisions themselves, they need to let their residents make these selections for them, Kishore Mahbubani writes.
