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WHY EUROPE LOSES TO RUSSIA AND CHINA:
Let us have a look to what led to the complete failure of @JosepBorrellF who was completely humiliated in Moscow. It is a strategic problem, not just ad hoc screw-up.
WHY EUROPE LOSES TO RUSSIA AND CHINA:
Let us have a look to what led to the complete failure of @JosepBorrellF who was completely humiliated in Moscow. It is a strategic problem, not just ad hoc screw-up.
Usually, large EU countries select weak High Representatives for Foreign and Security Policy (HiRep) so that HIReps serve as their tools, not as strong players.
So they chose @JosepBorrellF with no real Europe-wide executive track record.
So they chose @JosepBorrellF with no real Europe-wide executive track record.
October 2019: With dozens of European security experts, we voiced our fears that @JosepBorrellF will be a weak EU foreign policy chief: https://expertforum.ro/en/borell-eu-letter/
April 2020: When China pressured @JosepBorrellF to soften @EUvsDisinfo report on Chinese disinfo, his staff did it.
@JosepBorrellF lied to E.Parliament and publicly attacked his own analyst @mlrchtr who refused to be censored by Chinese pressure. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/world/europe/disinformation-china-eu-coronavirus.html
@JosepBorrellF lied to E.Parliament and publicly attacked his own analyst @mlrchtr who refused to be censored by Chinese pressure. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/world/europe/disinformation-china-eu-coronavirus.html
January 2021: Germany + France want to appease Russia,despite continuing Russian hostilities.
So they send @JosepBorrellF to Moscow with no plan, smaller EU allies are shocked. Just to open door. To show EU strategic autonomy,which means acting without coordinating with US.
So they send @JosepBorrellF to Moscow with no plan, smaller EU allies are shocked. Just to open door. To show EU strategic autonomy,which means acting without coordinating with US.
February 2021: @JosepBorrellF is completely humiliated in Moscow.
Russia used him for anti-US messaging,attacked EU and expelled 3 EU diplomats as he was speaking at press conference.
Instead of forcing Russia to decrease its hostilities, Russia cleans the floor with him
Russia used him for anti-US messaging,attacked EU and expelled 3 EU diplomats as he was speaking at press conference.
Instead of forcing Russia to decrease its hostilities, Russia cleans the floor with him
Right now, EU leadership alongside Germany and France is pitching EU-China climate partnership.
What will happen:
China will use it for reflexive control, telling EU:
If you want our cooperation on climate, then shut up on genocide or EU security interests like Huawei/5G.
What will happen:
China will use it for reflexive control, telling EU:
If you want our cooperation on climate, then shut up on genocide or EU security interests like Huawei/5G.
This is how strategic reflexive control works:
Russia used it during Obama years:
Saying “you want our (Russian) cooperation on terrorism or missile control? Then shut up on our interests in Eastern Europe.”
Obama did and 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine is the result.
Russia used it during Obama years:
Saying “you want our (Russian) cooperation on terrorism or missile control? Then shut up on our interests in Eastern Europe.”
Obama did and 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine is the result.
BOTTOM LINE: @JosepBorrellF is just a weak tool of Germany and France as they both try to appease Russia and China because of economic interests.
Security interests of European allies are ignored.
It will go on because Berlin and Paris want this.
We must stop this.
Security interests of European allies are ignored.
It will go on because Berlin and Paris want this.
We must stop this.
