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…

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…

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…

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”…

Europe’s carnivores have had a remarkable change in fortune. After tens of thousands of years of persecution that wiped out sabretooth tigers, hyenas and cave lions, there has been a recent rebound in the continent’s surviving predators.