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cross_type 2.00 — strongly supporting 2 facts

The United States is linked to North Africa as a region of strategic security concern [1] and as a theater where European partners can influence the restriction of weapons shipments [2], while also being a key stakeholder in the regional crises affecting Europe's southern flanks [3].

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The EU between strategic autonomy and the transatlantic relationship esisc.org ESISC 1 fact
claimThe United States faces security concerns in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, the High North, and the Arctic.
Independence play: Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations 1 fact
claimStrategic autonomy is defined as the establishment of a capacity to work together in Europe when European and American interests are not aligned, especially in regional crises on Europe’s eastern and southern flanks, rather than autarky or the rejection of United States support.