Experts: US Troops Reduction Could Help Better Motivate Europe

From Europe to the Pacific: US May Withdraw Thousands of Troops in Strategic Shift

The United States is considering reducing its military footprint in Europe by up to 30% as part of a global reassessment of force posture, a senior NATO official told Politico on July 28. Currently, between 90,000 and 100,000 US troops are stationed across Europe. Approximately 20,000 of them were deployed under President Joe Biden following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to international relations expert Aylin Matlé.…

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