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Max Bergmann

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Europe Needs an Army

Only Collective Defense Can Protect the Continent

February 9, 2026

A More European NATO

Defense Spending Alone Cannot Fix the Alliance’s Overdependence on the United States

March 21, 2024

America’s New Twilight Struggle With Russia

To Prevail, Washington Must Revive Containment

Max Bergmann, Michael Kimmage, Jeffrey Mankoff, and Maria Snegovaya

March 6, 2024

Tell Russians Putin Has to Go

Biden Should Call on Russians to Oust Putin and End Their Isolation

July 18, 2023

Why European Defense Still Depends on America

Don’t Believe the Hype—the War in Ukraine Has Led to Little Change

Max Bergmann and Sophia Besch

March 7, 2023

Europe on Its Own

Why the United States Should Want a Better-Armed EU

August 22, 2022

Europe Needs to Step Up on Defense

Brussels Should Borrow and Spend More on Security

Max Bergmann and Benjamin Haddad

November 18, 2021

The EU Is the Military Ally the United States Needs

Take the Pressure Off of NATO States and Embrace the Union’s Defense

January 6, 2021

Europe’s Geopolitical Awakening

The Pandemic Rouses a Sleeping Giant

August 20, 2020