Europe can resolve this crisis and counter Russias aggression, but it needs a clear 10-year planThe European Union must develop a 10-year plan for Ukraine. This plan will also define what Europe itself will be a decade hence. In tribute to Europes pivotal politician, who has clearly led Europes evolving policy towards Ukraine, we might call it the Merkel plan. If it succeeds, a characteristically European version of liberal order will have prevailed over the conservative, nationalist recipe for permanent, violent disorder represented by Vladimir Putin. If it fails, Europe fails again.Our plan should have three main prongs military, …read more
Source: The Guardian