Europe

 European governments have been deep in consultations on what they could do to ensure that NATO, Western support for Ukraine and the security of member countries will endure should Trump win back the presidency and temper U.S. contributions. The U.S. also plays the determinative role in the nuclear weapons stationed in Europe.  The possibility of a less dependable U.S. partner under Trump is generating discussions about Europeans playing a bigger role in NATO’s nuclear deterrence, according to the Poland-based Centre for Eastern Studies, a security think tank. But European countries and Canada, with their smaller military budgets and economies, are still years from being able to fill any U.S.-sized hole in NATO.