While the elites of the Western world are still publicly reeling from Brexit and Trumpet (the trauma that followed the 2016 U.S. presidential election deserves its own somewhat silly appellation), some have already seized the opportunities offered by those shifts in the international order. This is particularly true for European integrationists.Brexit removed from the heart of Europe a Euroskeptic heavyweight biased toward the United States. Brussels was a commercial convenience for London, whose partner of choice in global politics was always Washington. Deriding Europe’s cultural and political aspirations, the Kingdom saw the Union as a glorified free-trade area. British reluctance …read more
Source: The American Interest
