Chart of the day: dropping defense budges in Europe
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 12:01AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Chart of the day, US Military, global trends, security

Apologize for grubbiness of scan.  WSJ online version didn't include the charts, and all I had was my marked up version.

Point is simple enough:  none of our traditional allies feature anything but seriously declining defense budgets, and with our own budget coming up huge strains, it's clear we need new friends if we're going to continue playing the role of military superpower.  Indispensable?  Yes.  Sufficient?  No.

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