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Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy

31 July 2020

1:27 AM

31 July 2020

1:27 AM

Why should the United States prop up the defense of Germany, the richest country in Europe — and against Russia, Germany’s closest energy partner?

Two reasons. One is what the sociologists call ‘path dependency’. The US has had troops in Germany since the winter of 1944, and the Cold War and Nato turned military occupation into strategic alliance.

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