Author: deamericanize

Europeanizing means creating an inclusive security architecture without dividing lines, encompassing Russia. Including Russia means lifting all sanctions, restoring Russian energy infrastructure, and drastically scaling back NATO.

Europe’s continued reliance on the United States is not merely a byproduct of American influence. First and foremost, the cause of Europe’s Americanization is our inability to respect and include Russia in a common European home.

How can Europe de-Americanize as long as our leaders remain Russophobes? How will we ever Europeanize without Russia? We can’t.

Europe can only fulfill its potential by shedding the vestiges of bloc politics and embracing inclusivity. This means recalibrating our institutions, security policies, and economic strategies to coexist and collaborate with Russia. A Europe no longer framed by self-imposed external fears will emerge not as anti-American but as a self-sustaining, cooperative entity within Eurasia. In this framework, Atlanticism becomes an artifact of a bygone unipolar era.

The Americans will stay in Europe as long as Russophobia does. When our Russophobia dissipates, so will the Americans. Not a moment before.