Europe Rises: Building Its Own Security

A Foreign Affairs analysis argues Europe is moving from a Washington-centric grand strategy to an autonomous security posture: major increases in defense spending led by Germany, the revival of conscription in several countries, and a push to reduce dependence on U.S. equipment by boosting European defense industry and deeper Franco-German defense cooperation. The continent seeks a new security architecture that preserves NATO while taking greater responsibility for its own defense amid heightened Russian threats and questions about lasting U.S. reliability, all while navigating Eurosceptic politics that could complicate deeper integration.