As the unipolar moment fades, Europe finds itself in a precarious position, caught between its rapidly diminishing autonomy and American strategic interests.
While the U.S. leverages its role as a security guarantor to secure its own economic position, European nations act as obedient vassals, lacking the courage and imagination to forge an independent path forward.
https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/europes-new-gilded-cage