European leaders should not be fooled by Kaczynski and Orban’s threat to block the EU budget over their objection to making funds conditional on maintaining the rule of law
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This seems like a golden opportunity for Erdogan to come forth as the defender of Islam & the Sunni leader of the Arab world & for Macron to further increase his sphere of influence in the Middle East
There is still no clear sign that Libyan belligerents are looking at this as anything other than a period of posturing and positioning
For Europeans, the most important issue is how the next US president will regard NATO, the US security guarantees to Europe, and the extent of US military investment in protecting Europe
A victory for Trump would be the push that Europeans need to stop talking about sovereignty and start building it
Susi Dennison and Janka Oertel comment on the what the US election could mean for Europe’s foreign policy
Dodon’s party has ‘directly copied the Kremlin’s official tactics’ and ‘develop[ed] a complex ecosystem of trolls and fake news outlets.’
The Europeans need an aggressive policy to strengthen the European pillar of NATO. The message would be similar coming from Biden, but it would be much more politely put,
It comes even easier when the target is someone they consider an ally