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Updated: May 22, 2025
The Euro-Atlantic Divide By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The Czech republic, Hungary and Poland, already NATO members, have joined Spain, Britain and other EU veterans in signing the "letter of eight" in support of US policy in the Gulf. NATO and EU aspirants including most of the nations of the Balkans followed suit in a joint statement of the Vilnius Group.
The EU can punish the revenant nations of the communist bloc with the same dedication and effectiveness with which it has hitherto rewarded them. Ask Israel, it should know. Russia Straddles the Euro-Atlantic Divide By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Also Read The Janus Look Russia's Second Empire Russian Roulette The Security Apparatus Russia as a Creditor Let My People Go The Jackson-Vanik Controversy
For a while, Balkan skirmishes provided it with a new lease on life. But now the Euro-Atlantic alliance has become the Euro-Atlantic divide. The only clear, consistent and cohesive voice is America's. The new members of NATO are trying to demonstrate their allegiance nay, obsequiousness to the sole identifiable leader of the free world.
That the countries of Europe currently react with accommodation to what, only six decades ago, would have triggered war among them, may be the greatest achievement of the Euro-Atlantic enterprise. How the West Lost the East By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Also Read The Caveman and the Alien The Expat Experts To Give with Grace The Pettifogger Procurators Why is America Hated
By catering to popular aversion of America's policies, Germany's beleaguered Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, is attempting to score points domestically even as the German economy is imploding. The euro-Atlantic structures never looked worse. The European Union is both disunited and losing its European character. NATO has long been a dysfunctional alliance in search of a purpose.
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