Commentary: Ukraine crisis could reverse decades of decline in US military presence in Europe

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Without the threat of the Soviet Union, public opposition to foreign deployments in Europe has increased in the post-Cold War era, say US professors.

While Biden acknowledges that Ukraine is not a member of NATO, he emphasised that neighbouring countries Poland and Romania are, and that the US has an obligation to protect them.in those two countries – would meet that obligation.

Interactions between the US and European countries during this period involved the creation of a series of institutions to help structure the rules and norms of international relations. At its height in the late 1950s, US presence in Europe consisted of about 430,000 troops, stationed in places like West Germany and the UK.

The Sep 11, 2001, attacks in particular marked a dramatic shift in where the US focused its troop deployments and security concerns.

 

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