Defense requires speed. Defense requires authority. Defense requires decisions that do not depend on a fresh round of consensus at the moment of crisis.
The EU cannot do that. And it seems neither can NATO. It cannot be redesigned into that without becoming something else.
For defense purposes, it is broken. The system invites international conflict because it signals hesitation. Adversaries do not need to guess. They can just download the meeting notes.
NATO, it is now obvious, is the military version of the EU. Without the US at the helm, it’s just another deliberative body.
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/whos-responsible-for-european-security
augustuscato / Augustus Cato
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