Submission Statement: „As the US prepares to cut support for “free-loading” Europeans, the continent has a plan to rapidly scale-up its defenses. How should it ensure delivery?“ Henrik Larsen outlines three key strategies for strengthening EU defense in response to reduced US support. First, the EU should address NATO capability gaps to guide industrial priorities and enhance military readiness by 2030. Second, it must unlock political will through defense market integration, ensuring smaller member states benefit from common investments. Lastly, the EU should communicate the broader advantages of supporting Ukraine, leveraging lessons from the battlefield to drive defense innovation and standardization among member states.
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The ship of the state is slow to turn, even more so when planning & building armies of an entire continent, and projects that are measured in decades, not years.
Take the German air force for example, the number of operational & active combat-ready fighter jets on standby are just around 10(!), up from averaging around 5 in the last 10 years, and those are 4th gen jets, ready to defend the entire country.
And the hard truth is, European population barely join their own nations militaries, many see military service as a thing of the past, there’s zero motivation among the young ppl in EU countries to pick up a gun.
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Submission Statement: „As the US prepares to cut support for “free-loading” Europeans, the continent has a plan to rapidly scale-up its defenses. How should it ensure delivery?“ Henrik Larsen outlines three key strategies for strengthening EU defense in response to reduced US support. First, the EU should address NATO capability gaps to guide industrial priorities and enhance military readiness by 2030. Second, it must unlock political will through defense market integration, ensuring smaller member states benefit from common investments. Lastly, the EU should communicate the broader advantages of supporting Ukraine, leveraging lessons from the battlefield to drive defense innovation and standardization among member states.
The ship of the state is slow to turn, even more so when planning & building armies of an entire continent, and projects that are measured in decades, not years.
Take the German air force for example, the number of operational & active combat-ready fighter jets on standby are just around 10(!), up from averaging around 5 in the last 10 years, and those are 4th gen jets, ready to defend the entire country.
And the hard truth is, European population barely join their own nations militaries, many see military service as a thing of the past, there’s zero motivation among the young ppl in EU countries to pick up a gun.