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Many emerging economies remain reluctant to take sides in the war, though Western diplomats say they have chalked up some significant successes.
The prospect of a second presidential term for Donald J. Trump has many officials worried about alliance cohesion, NATO and the war in Ukraine.
Security in Europe remains a critical U.S. national interest. A recent refocusing on the evergreen idea of European strategic autonomy and a flurry of activity with the goal of an independent European (read: European Union) defense force should give U.S. policymakers pause—and be met with a skeptical and discerning eye. Security in the Euro-Atlantic region is too important to the United States to be delegated to the European Union (EU).
Russia is playing politics with Europe’s energy supply, and new Chinese energy companies are entering European markets
He wrote: "Jan Techau, a brilliant young analyst at the German Council on Foreign Relations, questions whether the court will ever follow words with deeds: 'The court has always barked but it has never bitten'. "Mr Techau points out that 'Germany has traditionally been very integrationist' and believes that 'the German people are not generally eurosceptic.’” However, Mr Gimson noted the court's verdict still induced apoplexy in the surviving members of the West German political class that committed itself to European integration. Prof Michael Stürmer, who from 1981 was an adviser to Helm...