1、2025/6/18 10:51How must Europe reorganize its conventional defense?https:/www.brookings.edu/articles/how-must-europe-reorganize-its-conventional-defense/1/9TEditors note:This paper was written for a May 14 Center on the United States andEurope virtual workshop on“A new vision for European defense st
2、rategy?”as part ofBrookingssReimagining Europes security(https:/www.brookings.edu/collection/reimagining-europes-security/)project,alongwith Thomas Wrights“How can Europe defend Ukraine?(https:/www.brookings.edu/articles/how-can-europe-defend-ukraine/)”and LiviuHorovitz and Claudia Majors“Should Eur
3、opeans develop an independent nucleardeterrent?(https:/www.brookings.edu/articles/should-europeans-develop-an-independent-nuclear-deterrent/)”he transatlantic security relationship today is shaped by the ambition to shiftthe burden of defense from the United States to Europe.Statements from thecurre
4、nt U.S.administration suggest a willingness to withdraw forces from the continent and make Article 5 guarantees.SomeEuropean governments also fear that the United States could weaponsdeliveries or intelligence sharing in a future crisis,leveraging access to criticalsystems for political ends.The are
