Europe’s 150,000 Troop Hole

Because securing Ukraine’s 1,200 km front would require ~150,000 EU troops absent, ‘strategic autonomy’ collapses. Germany concedes no deployable brigades; the UK lacks equipment for a sustained armoured division. — Europe’s inability to field forces for a Ukraine guarantee forces choices on conscription, defense spending, and NATO reliance if the U.S. steps back, reshaping European security architecture.