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NATO’s Internal Cohesion Is Being Threatened
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In an article entitled Europe Still Needs China. Washington, Not Beijing, Is the Bigger Threat, Professor Da Wei, director of the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, is explicit that today the United States constitutes a far greater threat to Europe than China. For all the loud statements about transatlantic unity, the reality is increasingly grim.
Europe Still Needs China: Washington is the Main Threat
In an article entitled The European Union’s External Imbalances: Past, Future, and Policy (Bruegel, Working Paper 07/2026) a group of authors led by Jeromin Zettelmeyer, director of Bruegel, an influential Brussels think tank, and Zsolt Darvas, point to a disturbing situation: for more than a decade, the European Union has had a persistent current account surplus of around 3 percent of GDP.
The EU’s Chronic Surplus: Handsome Figures Concealing a Deep Structural Decline
In an article entitled Detecting a ‘dirty bomb’: How Europeans can combat radiological threats, Jacek Siewiera, former head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, warns that the Iran war and the recent reports of drones carrying radioactive materials in central London send yet another serious signal. Europe is catastrophically unprepared for the new hybrid threats that may hit its cities at any moment.
Europe’s Rickety Shield: Faith Instead of Real Protection
The Iranian war has shown this in five ways at least: NATO faces all sorts of problems.
NATO Not Ready to Fight Russia
The UK is being bullied into dependency on an erratic United States. The rest of Europe is next in line.
Britain on the Hook
Europe’s fears over ‘U.S. control’ outweigh its actual defense needs again. Germany, at least for now, refuses to adopt Palantir software, a most advanced data analysis system, in its armed forces.
Germany Balks at Palantir: Data Sovereignty Put Before Military AI
The transcript of a debate between François Chimits, project manager for Europe at the Institut Montaigne, and Nicolas Leron – director-general of the Institut François Mitterrand, was posted on the Institut Montaigne website on 21 April. The debate was held on the occasion of 18 months that had passed after a report by Mario Draghi about Europe’s future competitiveness was issued in September 2024.
18 Months After Mario Draghi’s Report About European Competitiveness Prospects. Two Perspectives on the State of Affairs
As shown in a detailed analysis by Kevin J. McNamara, for all the talk about EU enlargement and formal promises of unity and solidarity, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is still being kept away from actual decision-making.
The EU Remains Biased Against Central and East Europe: Unity Yields to Western Arrogance
European plans for the deep integration of their energy systems once again clash with the harsh reality of internal disagreements and political paralysis.
Europe’s Energy Integration: the Trilemma Remains Unsolved Due to National Selfishness
