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CAN EUROPE DEFEND ITSELF WITHOUT AMERICA? THE NATO EARTHQUAKE

CAN EUROPE DEFEND ITSELF WITHOUT AMERICA? THE NATO EARTHQUAKE

March 28, 2026·5 COUNTRIES

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Trump accuses NATO of failing to back the US in Iran. British MPs call for European defense without America. Canada finally hits the 2% mark. South Korea accelerates its military transformation. Five perspectives on the end of the American umbrella.

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UNITED KINGDOM

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Preparing to defend Europe without the US — double American abandonment and the post-Brexit paradox

CANADA

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Pride at hitting 2% but categorical refusal to be Trump's soldier

UKRAINE

2 sources

Existential urgency — European rearmament must not come at Ukraine's expense

SOUTH KOREA

2 sources

Reclaiming wartime command from the US — Korea's version of strategic autonomy

UNITED STATES

1 sources

The NATO debate as mirror of American internal fractures — interventionists vs isolationists

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