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As the United States looks to prioritize security challenges in East Asia, European allies will have to step up to ensure that their armed forces can deter great power aggression and, if necessary, defend their territorial integrity without asking for help from across the Atlantic.
A strategic result of Russia’s invasion must be that European democracies shed an anachronistic, Cold War structure that has been centered far too long on an over-extended, American shield.
The United States must now assist Germany in developing and enhancing the security clout that befits its new role—that of America’s “special relationship” partner and the future bedrock of European security.
The United States should encourage Germany to become a stronger military power and another “framework nation” in the European security order.
The alliance survived Trump thanks largely to the skills of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, new research shows.