Less America, more Europe in Germany’s new military strategy

(Chris Lunday – Politico) Germany aims to rely less on the U.S. and more on Europe to deter the growing Russian threat, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spelled out Wednesday when announcing the country’s new military strategy. “We are developing the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional army in Europe. In the short term, we are increasing our defense and resilience, in the medium term we are aiming for a significant increase in overarching capabilities and in the long term we will establish technological superiority,” announced Pistorius. While stressing that the United States remains indispensable to NATO, the strategy notes that Washington is increasingly oriented toward the Indo-Pacific. – Less America, more Europe in Germany’s new military strategy – POLITICO