EU needs a new geopolitical compass

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The writer is the author of the Itinera Institute, Brussels-based thinking tank and ‘Super Power Europe: the Silent Revolution of the European Union’

The EU faces the problem facing a new world order. May 9 celebrated the official “European Day” – the celebration of peace and unity, the union reflected in a tougher way out of it. Europe is strategically strategically: Russia is an enemy, China, partner and Donald Trump’s threat or responsibility for the United States.

The block is essentially there are three key options. One: An American in Europe. The project needs European power, the third countries are built on a large market, which is integrated technological and security opportunities, which has integrated technological and safety opportunities, which is integrated by NATO.

To reach there, Europe had to make a Chinese economically: to restore a strong industrial and technology base. The Eurasian theater, but is not a controversial dominance while gaining a geopolitical independence rate in the world.

The second option is to collide in placement of the EU as the final goal of globalization. Joe Biden under the leadership of the United States, along with the US-like countries, while maintaining strategic areas with a high fence of protectionism, will be associated with industrial countries.

This strategy will eventually participate as security supports in the United States. But Trumpism may think of us with the negligence or evil, the EU should be considered “Reverse Kissing”: “Europe’s position will be one of the most limited trade and diplomatic normalization than the unique dominant.

The third choice is the EU continuing to play the second violin to the United States. Shortly this means reconstruction of the block as a strategic asset for the first diary

In return, Europe will benefit from minimum security guarantees in the United States when integrating in the technology and financial markets in America. When the medium term became a smaller partnership when protecting its competition with the United States, a deeper partnership in the new world charter, a deeper partnership reflecting both geoeconomic truths, but also a new world order.

Which of these options is currently accepting? Short answer: All above are at the same time. Defense and security are developing when implementing industrial policy. This continues to promote international trade, including more Chinese produced EU-China trading in Europe. While exploring the art of trade deal with Trump, the protection of Ukraine, not compared to Ukraine, but in Ukraine.

This indicates significant political creativity. However, Europe does not smartly hedge their bets in a world of growing disorder. Instead, it only sticks to the status quo Ante, who is able to strengthen reactions to foreign shocks.

If Europe cannot be active and strategic, geopolitical crosswalks will eventually divide politically and will marginalize in geopolitics. European peoples face a new world order to be selected and encountered as a necessary issue. Either the answer to the EU will gradually open the individual answers to the individual answers. The emergence of ad hoc “Coalition (s) of wishes It is a benigrign badginger that can be an existential threat.

In order to become a master of their destiny in Europe, it must be straight to setting the geopolitical compass. Russia requires the fact that we have a sufficient economic independence to keep ourselves checking, and the United States and autonomy. The latter guarantees that Europe managed to build a transatlantic reset with transatlantic reset by deepening trade relations with China in a short time.

European peoples should be conscious, and the European Project is now a strong project that needs a geostrategic footwear outside its current borders. We’ve been here before. In the early 1950s, Arafwar could not organize European political and defense field and failed. Until then, this was the European Economic Union, which allows the protection of America and peace and prosperity. We’re pretty for ourselves today. Subject to geopolitics by economic development, failure is not just an option.