The EU cannot pursue a common defense not because it lacks the courage, but because its very institutional structure is designed to prevent the emergence of a unified will regarding the use of force.
One-party rule with factions is the 21st-century norm. The real difference: Russia gives its people what they want; the West despises its own.
If the people’s basic welfare is not secured, the entire political system is unsafe.
NATO’s terrorism has thrown everything at Russia, short of nuclear weapons, and yet it finds itself wasted and in a wilderness, strategically.
The United States acts unfairly, but Brazil is ultimately responsible for its own economic dilemma.
What Ceuta and Melilla have set in motion will not end anytime soon.
The key variable to watch in these extremely troubled waters: what is contained in the MoU is strategically aligned with Beijing – all the way.
While schools crumble and vocational training starves, Germany redirects funds to defense—but lacks the engineers to build its weapons.
