Yet in NATO and the US in the region: Others even have an opt- the discourse of European leaders and EU institutions, the out from the EU security and defense. [...] The risk of the US neither of the two organizations seem to be the first choice disengaging from European affairs is compounded by the of Europeans for some expeditionary operations, such as tangible Chinese threat to European security taking shape the French operation in Sahel (though it still depends on in technology and economic domains. [...] and long experience of military-to-mili- tary cooperation in a multinational, stan- dardized, and interoperable way, with the US as a member, the EU has the resources to monitor countries’ budgets and fund Further Reading the development of European capabili- ties. [...] In the strategic autonomy debate, the US is either the question or the answer. [...] The EU’s recently launched Indo-Pacific Strat- powers among the US, UK, France, and Germany (though egy builds on a cooperative approach with an interest in Germany is the least likely of the major European countries protecting the sea lines of communication and freedom of to confront China) would coordinate on major China-relat- navigation.
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