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Can Europe defend itself without the United States? The uncomfortable reality is that Europe’s security architecture is completely dependent on Washington—and that foundation is cracking.

With the war in Ukraine continuing and a potential drawdown of U.S. forces looming, Europe faces a critical choice. Can the continent effectively bolster its defenses without American support? I speak with Max Bergmann, Director of the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, about the tangible steps EU leaders must take to deter Russian aggression independently.

Our conversation builds on this widely-cited CSIS report on European defense:
How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America by Max Bergmann and Otto Svendsen. You can find it here: https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-eur...

Topics Discussed:

• The Command Problem: Why Europe lacks a unified military structure.
• The NATO Paradox: How the alliance entrenched US leadership in European defense.
• Industrial Failure: Why increased spending isn't translating into stockpiles.
• The "Euro Eyes" Problem: Europe’s reliance on US intelligence and logistics.
• Future Scenarios: What happens if there is a rupture in US–EU relations?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Europe, NATO, and US security dependence
01:18 Post-WWII origins of Europe’s defence model
05:03 Why European militaries declined after the Cold War
07:02 The real source of Europe’s military dependency
09:49 US troops in Europe and rapid reaction forces
13:09 Can a pan-European force work?
16:49 Who decides? The political control problem
19:56 Why Europe stopped thinking strategically
21:50 Defence procurement and industrial fragmentation
27:03 Ammunition, stockpiles, and production capacity
30:32 Ukraine and the war of attrition problem
33:04 Intelligence, “Euro Eyes,” and hybrid warfare
37:08 US–EU relations and the risk of rupture
40:04 Are European leaders responding fast enough?
43:20 Final thoughts

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