No. of Recommendations: 3
Let’s start with the aspect European elites most want to avoid: The cultural crisis. The strategy doesn’t mince words about “migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife” or the “loss of national identities and self-confidence.” This language (which is unprecedented in an American security document) will trigger howls of protest from Brussels. But as I’ve written before, we’ve reached the point where Taylor Swift concerts and Christmas markets require counterterrorism operations. The multicultural fantasy has collapsed into a tribal reality where an overbearing state manages conflicts between incompatible communities.
You cannot build strategic autonomy on top of civilisational self-loathing. The strategy makes this explicit: Washington wants to “restore Europe’s civilisational self-confidence and Western identity.” For decades, European leaders promised that diversity would be our strength while presiding over societies where Dutch taxpayers spend 17 billion annually subsidizing immigration, and nearly 50 per cent of welfare recipients in Austria and Germany have a migrant background. Meanwhile, the same governments that cannot secure their borders demand ever more surveillance powers. Powers that will inevitably be turned against populist parties asking uncomfortable questions.
As far as that last bit - they’re already there. Question the government in either the UK or Germany and see what they do to you.
