Europe faces dual threats from Vladimir Putin's paranoia and Donald Trump's selfishness. Allies can switch sides out of self-interest, with the United States under Trump as a candidate. Western refusal to deploy troops to Ukraine has been perceived by Putin as a sign of weakness, increasing the likelihood of a wider European war. Cold War mindsets and cleavages persist, and Putin aims to recreate a Soviet-style empire. 'Security guarantees' are unreliable in the context of Putin's duplicitous, colonialist regime. Europe must rapidly rearm and build a strong indigenous defence industrial base, with weapons and the will to use them as effective deterrents.
"Every war holds lessons and the Russia- Ukraine war is no exception. If the lessons from this bloody conflict are heeded, it could stop war expanding across Europe. "We've seen that allies are wont to switch sides out of self-interest, Donald Trump's USA being a candidate. "Meanwhile, the West's refusal to deploy troops to Ukraine has been read by Putin as a sign of weakness and has made a wider European war more likely."
"Russia- Ukraine has shown that the Cold War never ended. Cold War mindsets and cleavages persist. Putin is resolved to recreate the Soviet empire. Europe will only survive if it stops talking about 'security guarantees' - which, in the context of Putin's duplicitous and colonialist regime, are worthless - and rearms at pace. In 1938 in Munich, Hitler stated in writing he had no unmet territorial ambitions."
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