J. Tattersall wrote:direction CSDP/CFSP should go in, and the very role of the EU as a security actor. It's actually a fundamental policy battle.
Without deviating too much from this theme, I do note that most internet debate on the IR has revolved around money, procurement and ORBATs. It's often forgotten that this is an integrated foreign policy
orientation issue
Gtal wrote:Mainstream
etc, etc
... talking about mainstream, we will find out by the 22nd, the latest, who the most important party leader in Germany will be,
thereby making that person (likely has an Umlaut
in his surname) the likely next Chancellor after September
- as it stands we have bilateral arrangements with France (in defence)
- we also have multilateral arrangements with the Northern Group
- both fit within NATO; both are in essence insurance policies (for greater freedom of action)
By the time Biden takes the reigns, there will be quite a few more Atlanticists coming out (who have been biding their time and hoping that this madman Trump, made KING by the Tsar Putin, won't break too many things in the China shop... and especially elsewhere).
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)