European Security Problem: European Army the Answer?

It is too late to start building the European army. It will be too late five years from now, too, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not going to be Europe’s last security crisis.

Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation. Ukraine is a nation that has slipped — and sometimes been pushed — through the cracks of Europe’s security architecture: It has an “association” agreement with the European Union but is not an EU member; it is — was — on track to join NATO (and has — had — been on that hamster wheel for years) but is not a NATO member.

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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It is too late to start building the European army. It will be too late five years from now, too, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not going to be Europe’s last security crisis.

Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation. Ukraine is a nation that has slipped — and sometimes been pushed — through the cracks of Europe’s security architecture: It has an “association” agreement with the European Union but is not an EU member; it is — was — on track to join NATO (and has — had — been on that hamster wheel for years) but is not a NATO member.