The Ukrainian government is desperately asking the White House for permission to use American and British missiles to be able to strike targets inside Russia and thus limit Russian bombing of Ukrainian cities. As legitimate as it may be, this request is also, and perhaps even primarily, the consequence of the distressing incapacity of the whole of Europe to produce weapons for its own defense that could do without American technologies. ; in this case, guidance systems. And when it is capable of doing so, as in the case of the German Taurus missile, it is afraid to use it.
Although European political leaders have their mouths full of strategic independence and geopolitics, I had yet another confirmation of the degree of Europe's dependence on the United States during the Warsaw Security Forum, a great international security conference held in the Polish capital in early October. Whether in public on the podium or behind the scenes, not a single discussion took place without reference to the American presidential election and the need to await the outcome before making more fundamental decisions. .
However, there are many experts who affirm – and not only at this conference – that, proportional to the decline of American influence in the world, the isolationism of the United States, of which the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, is the manifestation extreme, has continued to grow for several decades. But, in Europe, it's as if no one really takes this reality into account.
The future of Ukraine and NATO
It is enough to recall a few points to become aware of this challenge.
