Friends of Europe founder: Allied militaries must adapt to face the threat beyond Moscow
Here’s a novel way of looking at Europe’s defense and security shortcomings: Forget for a moment about hardware and capabilities. Instead, think conceptually.
The capabilities gap is widening, both across the Atlantic between NATO’s European and North American allies, and also around the world now that rising Asian giants like China and India are outspending Europe on defense. But that’s not what Europe should focus on.
Europe’s security concerns are becoming increasingly removed from the familiar scenarios of military incursions from Russia or terrorist strikes by militant Islam’s jihadis. The threats to Europe’s half-billion citizens are much more complex and potentially more destabilizing.
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