Category: 3. Europe

Where are U.S. bases and forces situated in Europe? 

U.S. forces have been stationed in and deployed to Europe since the end of World War II. Numbers have fluctuated since that time, reaching a high of roughly 475,000 active-duty personnel in…

In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the world’s first vaccine against smallpox. As it was refined and widely adopted, many countries in Europe and North America, the Soviet Union, and island nations eliminated smallpox through national vaccination…

Lulled by decades of peace and seduced by the conceit of its own virtue, the continent of Europe has willingly tied its hands behind its back when planning its own defense. After all, while European NATO might not have the “nasty”…

New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather the COVID-19 crisis better than others.

Study: Changing life expectancy in European…

Almost 76 000 children in the European Region die before their fifth birthday every year; noncommunicable diseases claim 1 in 6 people before age 70

Copenhagen, 25 February 2025 

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A U.S. withdrawal would not only cost Ukraine about half its arms, it would also deprive the country of many of its “most effective” ones, according to Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at IISS.

Some U.S. systems such as Abrams…

PARIS — Europe can build up most of the critical defense enablers needed to deter or defeat Russia without U.S. support within five years, provided the political will to invest is there, according to security researchers and experts surveyed by…

Big European powers have been shocked to the core by the Trump administration, which suggests it could revoke the security guarantees to Europe in place since 1945.

“I would never have thought that I would have to say something like this in a TV…