Analysis: Europe awakens to the Russian threat
To understand the sea change, you need to grasp the German mind-set:
Eastern European countries — Poland and the Baltic states — rang the alarm bells on Russia for years. Now, western portions of the continent are not only listening — but leading on punishing sanctions against Putin and a regional defense rethink to rise to the Russian threat.
The historic push for stronger, collective defense in Europe is the culmination of an awakening to the Russian threat after years of sleepwalking through Russian aggression.for President Biden and former president Donald Trump, who has praised Putin, as roughly similar.
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