Europe’s Choice: Adapt or Atrophy
The world is heading into a period where foundational rules once taken for granted no longer apply. The EU urgently needs to emerge from the complacency derived from its peace dividend and build a power model that allows it to shape new alliances and deter adversaries. suggests Rym Momtaz of
Carnegie Europe. European countries and the EU have leverage that they can employ to meet the moment. The bloc could use its status as a normative actor and central trade power to redefine trade terms, boost innovation and its standing in frontier technologies, and lead the world in its green transition through mutually beneficial cooperation. But the EU is at high risk of atrophy without a Copernican Revolution in the way it defines its strategic interests, generates wealth and growth, and wields hard military power, including reacquainting itself with conventional deterrence, asymmetric, and information warfare.
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