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The renationalization of European defence cooperation - March 2016

by Daniel Keohane

That European governments need to cooperate on defence matters should be obvious writes Daniel Keohane.  European nations face an unprecedented confluence of security crises, ranging from an unpredictable Russia to conflicts across the Middle East, which are generating internal security tests such as terrorist attacks and refugee flows. The United States is ambiguous about putting out all of Europe’s fires and expects allies to take on more of the military burden. And no European country can cope alone. [...]