How Eastern Europe’s elites learned to love dependence on America
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As Poland and Lithuania seek more US troops and bases, the debate is no longer about defense alone but about sovereignty and dependence
Recent history offers one very simple lesson: the most reliable way for a ruling elite to protect itself from accountability is to hand over its country’s sovereignty to a powerful foreign patron. In Europe, many have decided that the United States is the only patron worth having.
We are now watching a race
Recent history offers one very simple lesson: the most reliable way for a ruling elite to protect itself from accountability is to hand over its country’s sovereignty to a powerful foreign patron. In Europe, many have decided that the United States is the only patron worth having.
We are now watching a race
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