Between Alliance and Autonomy: Europe’s Mini-Lateral Turn and the Strategic Reordering of the EU

by Nato Balavadze

In this paper we discuss:

• The strategic uncertainty prevailing globally in the post-American order;
• The return of the Weimar format in Europe, with France, Germany and Poland at its core;
• The ongoing easing the fiscal straitjacket allowed for defense-related purposes; and
• The “Coalition of the Willing:” the role of informal alliances and strategic signaling. 

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