Europeans sought to ban the concept

Europeans sought to ban the concept of power from their strategic thinking. The United States, as a European power through NATO, dwarfs all the others by its sheer size and thereby acts as an equalizer among their countries. The protective presence of the US also made it possible for Europe to shield themselves from the harsh realities of the world, reveling in self-gratifying, post-national, post-historical fantasies. This attitude led Hubert Védrine, former French foreign minister, to compare Europe to a “teddy bear in the middle of Jurassic Park,” and his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, to describe it as a “vegetarian in a world full of carnivores.” สล็อต