Also, not to miss Anatol Lieven on the expected accession of Finland/Ukraine to NATO:
Finnish and Swedish accession to NATO may also be seen to have marked the symbolic moment when European countries as a whole abandoned any dream of taking responsibility for their own continent, and resigned themselves to complete dependence on Washington. However, (as with Sweden during the cold war) this dependence will doubtless be masked by impotent European whines and snarls when a new Trump-like president forgets the requisite thin pretence of courtesy and consultation.
TGIF!!
Kelley V
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