Why Europe must integrate its defence

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Series Details 17.8.04
Publication Date 17/08/2004
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Commentary discusses the implications of the US Government decision of 16 August 2004 to reduce its troop presence in overseas bases by 70,000 soldiers, most of them from western Europe.

General Joseph Ralston was Supreme Allied Commander, NATO (2000-03); General Klaus Naumann was Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces of Germany until 1996; they are co-chairing a project on European defence integration at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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