The Russia-Ukraine war is a disastrous affair. For Europeans who believe in a peaceful post-war settlement it challenges everything. The never ending progress of harmony is stalled, struggling across a border in Eastern Europe. The security of Europe is under such a serious threat it has to be considered existential.
But, a perverse Anti-Americanism is creating a narrative arc. It threatens how Europeans have seen this issue since 1945. America isn’t far behind many breakthroughs in deadlocks that occur because of seemingly insurmountable odds. Their exclusion could sink European ideals which are its main priority in the modern era.
The extrication of the world’s only superpower is a ridiculous idea. It’s a disastrous denial of the existing world order as it is, and yet another exaggeration of Europe’s ability to do things for itself. The European project is one thing, but the rest of the world is still an entirely separate reality. Europe’s leaders need to consider this first.