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National Security

Europe Without America

The Iran war has given European leaders new impetus to plan for self-defense.

First published in The Atlantic on May 4, 2026.

by Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic
May 7, 2026 | reading time: 9 Min.

We got this. That was the Trump administration’s message to European allies in the early days of its war with Iran. Washington hadn’t warned its NATO partners about the military campaign, jointly undertaken with Israel, much less consulted with them about the war’s objectives.

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