United States withdraws from selected NATO Centres of Excellence (defence24.com)

• US withdraws from a dozen NATO Centres of Excellence
• Reduction of approximately 200 expert posts
• Loss of American experience in exercises, analysis, and planning
• Centres include DAT COE Ankara and NATO ENSEC COE Vilnius
• Author calls for increased European engagement in response

"The United States is withdrawing representatives from a dozen NATO Centres of Excellence, including the energy security centre in Vilnius and the counter-terrorism centre in Ankara. This reduces American military expertise and institutional knowledge in NATO exercises, analysis, and planning. The move is part of the Trump administration's push for Europe to assume more defense responsibility. For Poland and the Baltic states, this signals a need to increase their own engagement in these structures."