Siena Cicarelli is a research and program associate for National Security and International Policy at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, she worked for the National Democratic Institute on their Central and Eastern Europe team, where she focused on strengthening political parties in the Western Balkans. She previously interned at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of European Affairs.
Cicarelli holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies with a focus on the intersection of foreign policy and national security from American University. She is originally from Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
U.S. opposition to EU defense efforts since the 1990s has been a strategic mistake that has undermined both the EU and NATO. It’s time for a new U.S. approach that encourages ambitious EU defense strategies.
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Max Bergmann and Siena Cicarelli explain how creating a bank could resolve NATO's inability to adequately finance defense.
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