During the #ColdWar, #US - #USSR trade was negligible - deterrence was cleaner.

Today, superpower interdependence is measured in trillions, and that interdependence has become a weapon.

But #Europe sits in the same bottle - without its own #deterrence capacity.

The question isn't "who stings first" - it's how to get out of the bottle at all.

#Geopolitics #EUPolicy #StrategicAutonomy #ColdWar2

https://www.euractiv.com/news/stung-into-action-how-europe-can-deter-both-china-and-the-us/

"It wasn't us this time, bro!"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2077933/it-wasn-t-us-this-time-bro

Surely this won't lead to friendly fire issues!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2075236/surely-this-won-t-lead-to-friendly-fire-issues