With US support uncertain, Europe builds better defenses
by Anna Mulrine Grobe
Mar 19, 2024
4 minutes
In the run-up last month to NATO’s largest military exercises since the Cold War, a top European commander was asked what might happen if the United States quits the alliance, as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears apt to do.
“I have absolutely no doubt that our biggest ally will remain committed,” insisted German Brig. Gen. Gunnar Bruegner, who leads training exercises for NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
Confidence in America’s military reliability remains NATO’s public default and its bedrock. But in the face of wavering Western support for Ukraine and an uncertain U.S. election, the alliance has been using these war games to suss out and strengthen its
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