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European Defence Autonomy: A Capable Answer, Wrong Layer

ECFR's plan to defend Europe with less of America is capable, and addressed to the wrong structural layer: it manages the readiness gap without closing it.

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ECFR’s European Way of Defence: Structural Assessment

The European way of defence is a coordination architecture of the same kind as the alliance it answers; its partial success is the hazard.

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Europe’s Defence Plan: Managing the Readiness Gap, Not Closing It

The plan would work in part, and that is exactly why the readiness gap it answers is underestimated.

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Europe’s Defence Plan, 2026: The Wrong Layer

ECFR's plan reads the danger right but rebuilds the same architecture one level down, easing friction without reaching the cause.

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About the Author: Martin Sauer

Zeitenende: Macht ohne Bedeutung ist bedeutungslos — DURCHD8
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