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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to “jointly conduct a comprehensive, multilateral assessment of the military requirements of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to deter and resist aggression by Russia.”REF Since Russia’s 2014 takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s

Security in Europe remains a critical U.S. national interest. A recent refocusing on the evergreen idea of European strategic autonomy and a flurry of activity with the goal of an independent European (read: European Union) defense force should give U.S. policymakers pause—and be met with a skeptical and discerning eye. Security in the Euro-Atlantic region is too important to the United States to be delegated to the European Union (EU).