... imperial rule. The integration of Europe evolved from the Coal and Steel Community to the European Community, and then to the European Union. Aspects of a European confederation—or a supernational sovereign state such as a European Federation—appeared ... ... interests with those of its neighbors, and subject it to close oversight, thereby preventing any deviation from the prescribed path. NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Ismay,
summarized
the alliance’s mission as “to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans ...
... would have the effect of leaving the rest of NATO as a
de facto
European army, which would of course be anathema to British policy unless it could only operate with Washington’s permission. As recently as 2019, President Macron himself described NATO as ‘brain-dead’.
Much seems to be changing. Paradoxically, despite Britain’s exit from the European Union, she now finds herself playing a leading role in European security. On the face of it, public statements by President Trump and his team show their wish to reduce their involvement in Europe’s security, make amends with Moscow and bring ...
... Kosovo taking shape as a multinational country. However, this outcome is now hardly likely, as Pristina treats Serbs as a minority. Belgrade, for its part, cannot accept a monoethnic Kosovo.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is a champion of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999 and the course that led Kosovo to proclaim independence in 2008. Belgrade expects its dialogue with Washington to become more rational and draw on respect and recognition of standing agreements if Donald ...
... in August 2008, that a precedent was set for revising the Belavezha accords, whereby the borders between the newly emerged post-Soviet sovereign entities were based on the dividing lines between the former Soviet republics. In essence, the process of NATO expansion was halted in this region because of the emergence of new post-Soviet states. Although, as the recent
visit
of Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan showed, the movement in this direction has not stopped....
... security concerns and insisted on NATO’s expansion, at too high a cost for all of Europe. A price for a conflict that could have been resolved through negotiations.
To avoid harming itself and aid Ukraine, Mr. von der Schulenburg believes that the European Union must, in its own self-interest, distance itself from its self-righteous “war narrative,” abandoning the militarization of its foreign policy and ceasing a belief that NATO’s expansion guarantees security. The EU must return to a language of peace and foster a peace plan for Europe based on the Charter of Paris for a New Europe that involves both Russia and Ukraine. This would prevent additional bloodshed in Europe,...
... to suit them. The majority of misunderstandings have been built on the foundations of outright lies and fantasy. The US and European Union created misleading narratives about Russian military intervention in Ukraine aiming to destabilising Russia and ... ... ongoing Ukraine crisis, the US posture toward Russia and Ukraine must be critically examined. Every move taken by the US since NATO's inception in Eastern Europe demonstrates how the US and other Western cultures have expanded their influence in order to ...
Moscow’s demands of the United States and NATO are in fact the strategic goals of Russian policy in Europe. If Russia cannot achieve them by diplomatic means, it will resort to other methods.
Moscow’s demands of the United States and NATO are in fact the strategic goals of Russian policy ...
... in Brussels, to the displeasure of sceptics, it was possible to agree on its basis—
the transatlantic agenda NATO 2030 (# NATO2030)
. While the broad formulations and a direct hierarchy of threats still require clarification, new projects in the field ... ... strengthening European sovereignty. The rhetoric of the document and its author is genuine textbook-realism. But now for the entire European Union.
Objectives of the French Presidency
, are not articulated directly but are quite visible—making the EU more ...
... in mind that Beijing is now the EU’s biggest trading partner, overtaking the U.S. in 2020. This is likely to result in the European Union gradually losing its position as a global competitive actor. In 1960 it accounted for 36,3% of global GDP, in 2020 ... ... We see scenarios when Europeans are intimidated with wild stories of a combined Sino-Russian threat. The strengthening of EU-NATO link puts at risk the neutral status of all the non-aligned non-NATO EU Member-States as well as keeps lowering the EU’s ...
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