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Mass Without Muscle: Europe’s Conscription Push Is Solving the Wrong Problem
Leo Feypel4 May 2026
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- Europe's rush to expand troop numbers through conscription misdiagnoses the continent's defense problem as manpower rather than logistics and equipment shortfalls.
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Europe's renewed focus on military might is misplaced, as the continent suffers from a logistics and equipment gap, not a manpower shortage.
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