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Disharmony in NATO: How Artifacts of the Cold War Corrode US-Germany Relations
20.Jan.2021 9:30 AM . 7 min read
In July 2020, the United States announced its decision to scale back about a third of its military presence in Germany, bringing the number of troops down from approximately 36,000 to 24,000. At the time of the announcement, Germany hosted the most US military personnel of any European nation, hosting nearly three times the number of troops of Italy, a distant second. Of the troops being withdrawn, around 6,400 were planned to return to the United States while the rest would be re-allocated to other European nations including Italy and Belgium in a reconfiguration that would cost billions. With only a handful of countries maintaining comparable numbers of US military personnel, this is a drastic and unprecedented reduction of force.
On Wednesday, Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. His oath was preceded by Kamala Harris taking office as the first-ever female.