Europe, Without Waiting for Trump or Harris, Is Increasingly Standing Up to Russia

Billions of euros are being invested along an 1,800 mile line between the Arctic Sea and the Black Sea.

AP/Czarek Sokolowski
Polish troops guard the metal barrier border with Belarus, at Bialowieza Forest, May 29, 2024. AP/Czarek Sokolowski

Europeans, no matter what happens in the American election, will be investing billions of euros along an 1,800 mile line between Norway on the Arctic Sea and Romania on the Black Sea, to defend against Russia. They are doing so without waiting for Uncle Sam to protect them, and without regard to who wins today’s election in the United States.

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