Willy Brandt once argued: "Security in Europe is indivisible – it is for all or for none", and our objective was to replace zero-sum bloc politics with inclusive formats to mitigate the security competition
- We had this opportunity after the Cold War but abandoned it to pursue liberal hegemony. Today, bloc politics is the solution to all problems, and we are not even allowed to discuss Russian security concerns. NATO expansionism and weapons are the path to peace, unnecessary wars are provoked, peace agreements are consistently sabotaged, diplomacy is criminalised, and negotiation is a naughty word used by traitors. The world is believed to be a struggle between good and evil, and defeating the world's largest nuclear power is required for peace. Political opposition from France to Germany is marginalised, we supported rigging Moldova's election and overturning the election results in Romania, and Georgia barely escaped another colour revolution by our "non-governmental organisations" that hijack and corrupt civil society. All is not well with "liberal hegemony", yet with declining freedom of speech, there is little if any hope for course correction. Happy New Year