while lesser power try to escape dominance. Arguably, that explains why the United States seeks to preserve, even expand, NATO, which it dominates, and why many Europeans favor transforming the existing 60,000-soldier Eurocorps (with troops from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain) into a de facto EU army to rival or even to replace NATO. As former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put it, “The real drive towards a separate European defense” is based on the unstated goal of “creating a single European superstate to rival America on the world stage.