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Europe is rearming itself without addressing the political consequences

Europe’s security turn remains strikingly ad hoc, despite its massive increase in defence spending.

13.05.2026 10

The Conversation

Richard Youngs

To win freedom from Trump’s America, Europe needs to overcome its ‘downward coping syndrome’

Europe is rattled by Trump’s approach to geopolitics but doesn’t seem able to produce an alternative vision.

13.03.2026 20

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Richard Youngs