Europe is undergoing a major transformation shaped by an unusual number of geopolitical pressures happening at once. For centuries, European security depended on control not only of the Continent but also of its periphery. The defeat of the Ottomans, Russia’s expansion into Crimea and Poland, and the rise of European colonial empires consolidated that position. […]
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