Elbridge Colby is Right: Europe Should Focus on Europe

The Pentagon is pushing the British military to focus more of its attention and resources in the Euro-Atlantic , not in East Asia , the Financial Times reported recently.

This policy marks a sharp break from the Biden administration, which sought to link America ’s Indo-Pacific and NATO allies under the presumption that an enhanced European presence in Asia would help counter Chinese belligerence in the region.

The policy of interlinking the European and Asian security theaters is illogical and counterproductive.

Neither NATO states nor U.S. Asian allies have the luxury of investing their capabilities and resources into the others’ military theater.

The Europeans , with sustained American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support, are capable of ensuring their security while continuing to invest in their own defense industrial base.