U.S. Forces in Europe: Where Do We Go From Here?

Abstract

One of the key post-Cold War challenges facing the United States is determining the future role of U.S. forces in Europe. This paper looks at enduring U.S. interests in Europe, emerging challenges, strategic choices, and criteria the United States should use if the security environment allows, or requires U.S. forward basing in Europe to drop below the Administration's proposed level of 150,000. The recommendations break from past assumptions and actions. How successfully the United States will achieve its goals depends largely on how well the U.S. meets its own domestic and foreign policy needs, and, perhaps equally important, by how well other nations perceive the United States will meet their future expectations and requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 1992
Accession Number
ADA437359

Entities

People

  • James Soligan

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.