Washington: According to three people familiar with the situation this week, the United States intends to reduce the number of employees stationed at several important NATO command centers. This decision might heighten worries in Europe regarding Washington’s commitment to the alliance.
The US will remove about 200 positions from NATO organizations that oversee and plan the alliance’s military and intelligence operations as part of the move, which the Trump administration has informed some European capitals, according to the sources, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss confidential diplomatic discussions.
The Allied Special Operations Forces Command in Brussels and the NATO Intelligence Fusion Center in the UK are two organizations that would be impacted, according to the sources. STRIKFORNATO, based in Portugal.
Compared to the scale of the US military presence in Europe, the adjustments are negligible and do not necessarily signal a broader US withdrawal from the continent. There are about 80,000 military troops in Europe, with Germany housing over half of them. However, the actions are likely to increase European concerns about the alliance’s future, which are already high due to US President Donald Trump’s intensified efforts to grab Greenland from Denmark. This might lead to an unprecedented risk of territorial aggression within NATO.
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