NWNicholas Williams

1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Nicholas Williams |Senior Associate Fellow

   Redesigning NATO through European rotations (opens the original)

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   Thanks to Donald Trump’s bullying, concepts of a “European pillar” and “European Army” are slowly dying their logical death, making way for a more productive “European NATO” future. But what kind of structure would this entail over the next five to 10 years? American allies launched a six-month “US Force Posture Review” of the US military presence in Europe this summer, but the trajectory is already known. US forces in Europe numbered 300,000 in the 1980s, compared with 80,000 today. This decade

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Nicholas Williams |Senior Associate Fellow

   The unforeseen consequences of the NATO Ankara summit (opens the original)

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   Thanks largely to the efforts of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Ankara summit passed smoothly. President Trump repeated familiar criticisms of European allies, including their past defence spending and their reluctance to give full support to the US-Israeli attack on Iran. But this time the criticism felt formulaic rather than disruptive. There were no new Trumpian threats, and the sharper language was softened by the President’s recognition that most European allies have begun to meet h

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