EU Seeks a Military Revival 

“European officials are working on a major new package to ramp up defense spending and support Kyiv as President Donald Trump pushes for a quick end to the war in Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports.

“The spending plans won’t be announced until after the German election on Feb. 23 in order to avoid stirring up controversy before the vote.”

Playbook: “What Trump and his team are looking for is a swift ramping-up of Europe’s military capabilities and an end to the decades-long reliance upon U.S. security guarantees. Plenty of Americans (and indeed a fair few Europeans) would agree that’s exactly what is needed, as part of a generational reset of transatlantic relations.”