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This commentary discusses the pooling and sharing (P&S) of resources in NATO and the EU. Although hailed as a kind of technocratic miracle cure at NATO Summits and EU Councils, the author argues that it remains unclear how the curtailment of sovereignty that such pooling necessitates should be accomplished. Consequently, the initiatives launched to date have not been particularly successful. Moreover, P&S does not replace either the investments needed to procure new military capabilities or the political framework that defines how such capabilities should be deployed.