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Home / Grand strategy / Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries
Grand strategy, Alliances, Europe and Eurasia

July 16, 2026

Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries

That would be a major shift in U.S. strategy—and one that may not ​be that clearly signalled in advance. In Washington, some voices—including the Defense Priorities think-tank which pushes hard for a further pullback of U.S. forces—have argued for several years that the U.S. should keep far ​more limited forces in risky locations overseas, pulling ⁠back not just from the Middle East and Europe but exposed locations in the Pacific.

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