Editorial: Europe needs more than money to defend itself

European Strategic Autonomy is an Illusion

Europe still needs U.S. help to properly equip itself for defending the continent.

Editorial: Europe needs more than money to defend itself

Europe finally appears serious about rearming. German legislators have agreed to exempt defense from constitutional limits on debt spending. The European Commission is urging members to raise military budgets to 3% of gross domestic product and issue joint debt to…

Europe Needs More Than Money To Defend Itself

France and Britain are campaigning for “security guarantees” to Ukraine ahead of a possible showdown with Russia. But how this will be done is still very unclear. And it all hinges on the go-ahead from the United States.

Europe Needs More Than Money to Defend Itself

Bigger military budgets are coming. But how governments spend the windfall is as important as how much.

European Defence Should Not and Need Not Entail Debt or Centralisation

For decades, European countries have neglected their defence capabilities and outsourced them to the United States. Even the United Kingdom, which has the strongest armed forces in Europe, only has around 150 deployable tanks and perhaps a dozen serviceable long-range artillery pieces. France, the number two, has fewer than 90 heavy artillery pieces, roughly equivalent to what Russia loses every month on the Ukraine battlefield. Denmark does not…