Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

Solving Europe’s Greatest Security Dilemma

How to build an independent, post-NATO Europe that neither arms-races nor strengthens the far right.

Un-Diplomatic
Feb 26, 2026
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It’s become conventional wisdom that Europe needs a collective defense force. Building up national militaries is inefficient, the region’s geography creates natural interdependencies, and NATO—because of its imbrication with the US—can’t be relied upon. The challenge is how to go about such a project given the connec…

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