Europe’s Credibility Gap: Dependence on America Has Left It With Little to Offer Would-Be Partners
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europes-credibility-gap
Europe’s Credibility Gap: Dependence on America Has Left It With Little to Offer Would-Be Partners
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europes-credibility-gap
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I think that the world got a reminder that sometimes, even with your closest and most trusted allies, that it just isn’t cream that rises to the top – 💩 can too.
Yeah, Europe hasnt resolved all the dependencies on the US and the dependencies on russia, while also resolving dependencies on china.
What the hell kind of analysis is this?
Oh, yes, US based “discussion forum” on foreign affairs thinks that the EU is doing a bad job at untangling itself from the US, while completely ignoring what the US effort to untangle itself from all its allies has done the US economy…..
The problem is there really are no other sources for the energy. It’s us (or our dependencies), the Russians, or the ME. And Europe has little pull in the ME
They won’t federalize, so the military build up will be compartmentalized. And as the article hints at, the confederation is struggling with efficiency without the us to paper over the cracks. That’s a set up for an arms race
Now imagine even if you have a Ukraine that comes out of this with what we would call a victory- basically losing the eastern oblasts and Crimea but maintaining its sovereignty.
You’ve got a wartorn country with a battle hardened populace of young men with little opportunity… if they can’t turn east?
It does seem like Europe is in an unenviable position. I think people underestimate how difficult it is for the EU to become less dependent. This article makes great points as to why becoming less dependent on the US in this age is challenging. The US can be the only other option to China and Russia in some cases. You also have individual nations that prioritize their needs over the needs of collective. That means buying US arms still over European arms. Even when the EU wants to go at it alone, it runs into hurdles. The need to get each nation onboard and the bureaucratic obstacles to navigate can be a real hindrance. The EU is even preventing other nations who could be larger partners from selling its products in the EU to protect its own industries. It’s needed but can make dealing with those nations harder.
Europes best bet in my opinion is to wait out Trump and deal with the next US president. Treating the US going forward like Russia or China isn’t a winning strategy.
How do people think this article is interesting? It literally adds nothing that hasn’t been said a million times already. The comments in this thread are also exactly the same. Yet everyone is circlejerking each other with their brilliant analysis. The decline here is so sad