As global defense officials gather for the Munich Security Conference, the facade of Western unity cracks under the weight of economic strain, energy scarcity, military resource drain, and a deepening trust deficit between Washington and Brussels – and not to mention a growing feeling that no matter how much money they collectively pour into Ukraine, Russia and a growing alliance is adapting and overcoming.
The European continent, once the pride of industrialized civilization, now faces a convergence of crises that threaten to return it to the periphery of global affairs. With European citizens bracing for a winter of potential deprivation, and as climate change actions crumble into resource scarcity, the US-EU partnership is continually deteriorating into what analysts describe as managed confrontation. Is Europe’s postwar renaissance ending, replaced by an era of mass surveillance, loss of free speech, scarce resources, and a pithering military alliance?
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