Weapons not wealth: How the EU’s lure for new members switched focus. Donald Trump’s distancing from Europe means richer countries now want EU membership for protection in a more fragile world

For Norway, Iceland, Ukraine and others, the stark reality of the new world order has started to bite.

“There is no NATO, there is no U.S.,” said a Ukrainian official. “There are only weapons, drones, ammo. And there is EU.”