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It is becoming increasingly apparent that a viable framework for European defense and security cooperation will require establishing something like the old Western European Union, the 10-member bloc that ceased operations in 2011. Many would counter that we already have the EU and NATO and that, whatever one cannot do, the other can. But this argument no longer holds water. Recent developments have made clear that neither NATO nor the EU is fully suited to meeting the evolving challenges Europe faces.
Consider Ukraine. On the one hand, the EU is playing a vital role in providing financial assistance to that beleaguered country. It has rapidly improved cooperation among its defense industries and opened a pathway for eventual Ukrainian accession. On the other hand, it ends up paralyzed whenever just one or two member states veto its decisions.
Worse, NATO has long been key to Europe’s territorial defense but the US’ commitment to the alliance — and especially to European security — is increasingly in doubt, as the White House’s designs on Greenland, a sovereign territory of NATO and EU member Denmark, have made clear. As a result, dialogue among NATO member states is no longer as relevant as it once was, especially on the matter of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
