When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense … - Robert Kagan

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When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.

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