How Asia should deal with the risk of U.S. military reductions

Europe's security crisis serves as a warning for the region

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U.S. President Donald Trump: Countries in Asia, like their European peers, may soon have to weigh the need for nuclear weapons. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters, Konosuke Urata and Ken Shioyama)

HIROYUKI AKITA

TOKYO -- The growing rift between the U.S. and Europe over security policy is threatening the once rock-solid alliance. While differences over how to address Russia's aggression against Ukraine triggered this divide, its deeper roots lie in U.S. President Donald Trump's skepticism toward the value of such partnerships.

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