The sooner Europeans read and absorb this by @tbenner.bsky.social the better.
It's over. We are alone now.
We should have figured this out under Obama in 2009, certainly by 2014.
No need now to blame anyone for what they didn't do in response, just deal with the new reality and what it costs.
It's over. We are alone now.
We should have figured this out under Obama in 2009, certainly by 2014.
No need now to blame anyone for what they didn't do in response, just deal with the new reality and what it costs.
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Thorsten Benner
Rubio & Trump just issued the death certificate of the post-war international order. How should Germany & Europe respond? A honest look at the mirror might be a start.
English language version of my first monthly "Geoeconomics"
Handelsblatt column.
gppi.net/2025/01/23/l...
English language version of my first monthly "Geoeconomics"
Handelsblatt column.
gppi.net/2025/01/23/l...
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2) Focus money and energy on defence and industries.
Europe is done if far-left will continue to push green deal.
Don't write the US off just yet. I predict a pretty huge backlash over the coming corruption and incompetence from Felon in Chief Donny Dumdum & his tech bro oligarchs.
Of course, it could still end up as a choose your dystopia kind of future 🤷♂️
But no. Europe, since the end of the Cold War, has had weak leaders who just don't understand how to deal with bullies.