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 "slug": "pentagon-europe-posture-review-six-months-colby-hegseth-contributions-basing-overflight",
 "title": "The Pentagon Opens a Six-Month Europe Posture Review Grading Allies on Contributions, Basing and Overflight",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/pentagon-europe-posture-review-six-months-colby-hegseth-contributions-basing-overflight/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/pentagon-europe-posture-review-six-months-colby-hegseth-contributions-basing-overflight/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-07-28T19:38:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T19:38:59.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington, 28 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Elbridge Colby, the under secretary of war for policy, announced on 28 July that the Department of War had begun the Europe Posture Review, designed \"to ensure that NATO is moving fast and irreversibly toward Europe taking primary responsibility for its conventional defense\"\n * The review will take up to six months, will provide a range of options weighing \"geopolitical and military realities\", and will be coordinated by General Alexus Grynk",
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  "transatlantic",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives"
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