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Europe is frightened and frightening for the first time really since the 1980s, when nuclear sabers were rattling as the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) both deployed contending intermediate range missiles along the dividing line of the military alliances. With Russia’s continued barbarity in Ukraine there is no escaping that Vladimir Putin intends not to be “European”

Can Europe be made secure without U.S. involvement?

Can the U.S. remain secure and prosperous if Europe’s security collapses?

How would China’s military and economic support for Russia shift the balance of power if the U.S. leaves NATO?

Should NATO continue to expand, welcoming new members — or pause enlargement?

What is the value of European strategic autonomy — does it strengthen or weaken transatlantic security?