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Kind of a misleading title, but an interesting article. It’s about the perception that Europeans have of the likelihood that the US could be relied upon in the
by keiferski 5mo ago
Kind of a misleading title, but an interesting article. It’s about the perception that Europeans have of the likelihood that the US could be relied upon in the event that someone attacks their EU country.
Some of these opinion polls are not particularly useful though, as for example Poland is frequently signing defense deals with the US. I’m not sure it’s all that relevant how much a western EU country feels about the prospect of being attacked, as I don’t see how Portugal or Spain or France are at much geopolitical risk compared to the eastern flank.
- mejutoco 5mo ago> It’s about the perception that Europeans have of the likelihood that the US could be relied upon in the event that someone attacks their EU country. Look at the Denmark graph (adversarial going up). I do not think in that case it is about "the likelihood that the US could be relied upon in the event that someone attacks" but about the US itself doing that.
- haritha-j 5mo agoOne could argue B implies A :p You can hardly expect the guy attacking you to have your back.
- rob74 5mo agoIt's also interesting that, while the "ally" curve is going down for all included countries, in some countries the "partner" (which is a weaker form of ally) curve is going up to partly compensate for that, while in others (mostly southern European, plus Switzerland and, of course, Denmark), it's also going down.
- flohofwoe 5mo ago> as for example Poland is frequently signing defense deals with the US The current US administration has made it very clear over and over again that deals, contracts and agreements don't mean shit to them.