1、ReportDecember 19,2025Enhancing land military mobility in Europe:Advocating a pragmatic approachBy Clment Gaubert,Freddy Geay,Franois Catala,and LonieAllardForewordIt is a great honor to write the foreword to this Atlantic Council report,Enhancing land military mobility in Europe:Advocating a pragma
2、ticapproach.This new report comes at a highly opportune moment.Against the backdrop of Russias war in Ukraine,the 2025 NATO summit at TheHague endorsed the Alliance goal of spending“up to 1.5%of GDP annually to inter alia protect our critical infrastructure,defend our networks,ensure our civil prepa
3、redness and resilience,unleash innovation,and strengthen our defense industrial base.”This seminal paper on militarymobility opens a broader transatlantic dialogue on the efficacy of current European military mobility plans and actions,and highlights whereadditional fiscal resources can be wisely sp
4、ent.This is a subject of great interest to the Atlantic Council.Under the leadership of Curtis M.Scaparrotti,a retired US Army general and formerNATO supreme allied commander,and Colleen Bell,former US ambassador to Hungary,the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Securityestablished a task force on th