Defense cuts are also happening at a time when Europe, for the first time in modern history, has been overtaken by Asia in terms of total defense spending. Western Europe’s long-held position as the world’s most important concentration of military power after the United States and Russia appears to be over.
与此同时，欧洲的国防支出总额自近代以来首次被亚洲超越。西欧长期以来作为除美俄之外第三大军事力量聚集区的地位也荡然无存了。