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The Fantasy of European Defence: An American Perspective - December 14 2016

Since Brexit, there has been extensive and in many ways unprecedented discussion within the European Union about a new concept of ‘European defence’ and the creation of the EU army or EU military forces. The EU has no legal authority to form such forces, nor would it likely manage them effectively. The debate so far has been an unhelpful diversion from the real business of European security. [...]