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title: Europe Thinks it Can’t Deter Russia Without America. It’s Already Doing So
description: "Europe is in trouble. For decades, America has been Europe's biggest security guarantor. Now, political crises risk tearing the two continents apart, threatening the security on which Europe has relied for decades."
url: https://staging.fronts.co/article/europe-thinks-it-cant-deter-russia-without-america-its-already-doing-so.md
canonical: https://staging.fronts.co/article/europe-thinks-it-cant-deter-russia-without-america-its-already-doing-so/
datePublished: 2026-01-29T17:00:00.000Z
dateModified: 2026-05-19T10:29:46.000Z
author:
  - name: Leo Feypel
    url: https://staging.fronts.co/authors/leo-feypel/
publisher: Fronts
type: NewsArticle
language: en
tokens: 98
---

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Europe is in trouble. For decades, America has been Europe's biggest security guarantor. Now, political crises risk tearing the two continents apart, threatening the security on which Europe has relied for decades.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://staging.fronts.co/article/europe-thinks-it-cant-deter-russia-without-america-its-already-doing-so/.
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