HIGHGeneral
Why US may regret pushing allies towards greater defence autonomy
🇷🇺 RussiaMay 1, 2026 12:30SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Rob York
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
The need for the United States to start offloading some of its global responsibilities did not begin with Donald Trump. More than a decade ago, when working as a journalist and graduate student, I heard from political scientists and other observers of US foreign relations that allies would, at some point, need to rely less on Washington and start boosting their own defence budgets; this was particularly true of America’s European and East Asian allies, facing US adversaries in Russia and...
DETAILED REPORT
The need for the United States to start offloading some of its global responsibilities did not begin with Donald Trump.
More than a decade ago, when working as a journalist and graduate student, I heard from political scientists and other observers of US foreign relations that allies would, at some point, need to rely less on Washington and start boosting their own defence budgets; this was particularly true of America’s European and East Asian allies, facing US adversaries in Russia and...
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