Europe is not small. It behaves as if it were. 450m people. A vast single market. Enormous economic leverage.
Yet Europe still thinks through 27 national windows — while Washington and Beijing think in terms of power.
My new Nordic Ledger essay: why sovereignty without influence may be an illusion.
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Europe Must Learn to Use Its Size
In a world where trade, technology and economic dependencies have become instruments of geopolitical power, the EU can no longer afford to think of itself as 27 separate small states.