A tilting of the global balance of power

Europe has never been a monolith.  It remains the same fractured, dysfunctional family it has been for 600 years.

Despite open borders and tariff-free trade, the EU lacks cohesive overarching leadership. Its current iteration is not a governing body but a bloodless overbearing and unaccountable administrative committee.  

Europe is also a paper tiger that relies heavily on U.S largess for its defense while members make token contributions to NATO. For good or ill, Europe’s leadership vacuum is ripe for a unifying strongman should the prospect of war with an increasingly desperate Russia loom large and America proves itself an unreliable ally.