[Newsweek] Is ‘Strategic Autonomy’ the Future of Europe?

The EU seems keen to grow its strategic muscle. Having its member states agree on what that entails is the harder bit.

When it comes to our European allies, Donald Trump’s policy the last four years was drastic, if somewhat peripheral to other goals: ending Europe’s freeloading off U.S. defense. The effort seems to have been largely successful — for now. Think what you will of his rhetoric and its effect on transatlantic goodwill, but the president’s overarching objective looks more attainable now than ever.

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