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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Jan van der Made

Why one American expert would be happy to see fewer US military bases in Europe

German and US flags pictured on an advertising banner in the city of Ramstein near the Ramstein Air Base, western Germany, 26 February, 2025.
German and US flags pictured on an advertising banner in the city of Ramstein near the Ramstein Air Base, western Germany, 26 February, 2025. AFP - KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

As Washington begins its review of the United States' military presence in Europe – confirmed this week by Under Secretary of War, Elbridge Colby – few observers welcome the prospect more than David Vine, a long-time critic of the sprawling network of American overseas bases.

Vine, an American anthropologist and the author of Base Nation and The United States of War, has spent decades documenting what he calls the US "empire" of military bases.

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