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It’s time the continent’s more ambitious nations left the rest behind, writes Ulrike Malmendier

Defence spending is rising, but strategic autonomy is years away

The continent has gone soft in the heat of crisis

But with America now an unreliable ally, will it be enough to counter Russia?

Beware Europe’s great de-galvanisation

Its governments are starting to take action