US EditionShift in Command: NATO Leadership Transitions to Europe
The U.S. will transfer leadership of NATO commands in Naples and Norfolk to Italy and Britain as part of burden-sharing amid plans to shift military focus outside Europe, officials said.
- Reuters reported on Feb 9 that the United States will hand two NATO regional commands in Naples and Norfolk to European officers, reflecting President Donald Trump's push for allies to take greater defence responsibility.
- The move follows a US push for a 'European-led NATO' and greater allied responsibility, with Elbridge Colby, Defense Department policy chief, advocating shifting capabilities out of Europe and diplomats linking it to future rotation planning.
- Britain will lead NATO's Norfolk command while Italy will run Naples, with the US retaining core commands, as reported by La Lettre and Politico, a move likely to take months.
- Allies agreed to redistribute senior officer roles within NATO, giving European Allies more leadership and affecting future rotations and United States posture amid 66% of Germans doubting US reliability.
- European countries have already increased defence budgets and last year agreed to hike NATO's spending target, while Elbridge Colby will brief NATO leaders this week, as first reported by La Lettre and Politico.
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President Trump demands that European NATO countries take more responsibility for their own security.
Al Arabiya
US set to relinquish several senior NATO command posts
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yoon-kyung = The United States plans to transfer command of two major North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) regional commands to European countries, according to AFP...
In exchange, Washington hands over to the Europeans the Southern Wing General Headquarters based in Naples and the Northern Wing JFC Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.
The Korea Times
The Straits TimesUS to turn over two NATO command posts to Europeans, military source says
BRUSSELS — The United States will turn over two of NATO's major command posts — in Naples, Italy and Norfolk, Virginia — to European officers, a military source told Reuters on Monday. The move is in keeping with U.S. President Donald Trump's demands that European nations take more responsibility for their own security. His administration has called for the military alliance, long dominated by the United States, to become a "European-led NATO". …
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