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I don’t think the EU is the best second option after NATO if the US were to leave. You’d leave out UK, Turkey, Canada, possible Asian allies, etc. which would m
by coffeebeqn 2y ago
I don’t think the EU is the best second option after NATO if the US were to leave. You’d leave out UK, Turkey, Canada, possible Asian allies, etc. which would make it quite a bit weaker than it could be
- rich_sasha 2y agoWell, that's indeed the prime issue - but also I suspect why Norway is even considering is. There were also some noises about Canada considering EU membership (!). Turkey would be a hard nut though, especially with the recent activities. I mean, when there's will, there's a way. It could notionally be an EU organisation, with third-party affiliates, a bit like ESA or Horizon. But even then, I posit that it is more convenient to have it notionally be a unit of the EU for most EU members - and by extension, most NATO-ex-US countries.
- coffeebeqn 2y agoIt would be a problem for also any EU country with an actually functioning armed forces or some semblance of hard power strategy like Poland or Finland. Would they want to hand over the reins to a EU army that probably sucks and put their national security in the hands of countries or bureaucrats who have no clue about Russia or war fighting post WW2