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Judy Asks: Is Defense a Priority Across Europe?

STEFANIE BABSTS - TRATEGIC ADVISOR AND FORMER NATO DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

Defense is at the top of the policy agenda in European capitals, but the sense of urgency varies.

  • Judy Dempsey
  • Carnegie Europe

Governments must quickly move from rhetoric to action for Europe to be able to defend itself.

With a few exceptions, most European politicians are true masters in paying lip service to strengthening Europe’s defense.

From setting an ambitious European Headline Goal in 1999, including a 60,000 men strong rapid reaction force, to long forgotten fancy labels like the Prague Capability Initiative, the…

Europeans in the…

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