Western Europe's 'only existential threat is China'
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Western Europe is confronting a reality that it has literally not faced for a millennia: it is no longer the force that shapes global events.
Western Europe is confronting a reality that it has literally not faced for a millennia: it is no longer the force that shapes global events.
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