Aerial view of Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Split, Croatia’s second-largest city.
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Europe’s Looming Welfare State vs. Military Decision
Europeans were barely getting their head around spending NATO’s official target of 2 percent of their GDP toward defense when U.S. President Donald Trump upped his ask to 5 percent. That caused some panic, but it was also easy to dismiss…
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Starmer says Europe is at ‘crossroads in history’ as leaders agree to steps to Ukraine peace
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rallied his European counterparts Sunday to shore up their borders and throw their full weight behind Ukraine as he announced outlines of a plan to end…
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Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.”
He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European…
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European countries vow retaliation against Trump’s tariff threat-Xinhua
Flags of the European Union fly outside the Berlaymont Building, the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo) European leaders warned that Europe will react “firmly and immediately” against the…
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Tesla sales drop in Europe : NPR
Clouds loom over Tesla’s gigafactory near Berlin, in November 2024. Data released this week by a European trade group shows…
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Where Are U.S. Forces Deployed in 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…
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5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening : NPR
Vice President JD Vance talks in front of the NATO logo at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14.
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Can Europe replace the US in Ukraine? – POLITICO
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…
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Central Europe’s new hop-on hop-off train
Getty ImagesThe Baltic Express bursts out of the Czech capital on a crisp winter morning. As the sky lightens, medieval Prague is streamed through the train’s windows like a Netflix trailer. From armchair seats in private compartments, a city of…
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