From Brussels, with Love

China and Russia are gaining wealth and influence in Europe with energy, banking, telecommunications and infrastructure deals that may entangle allies in relationships they cannot readily escape. Such moves should be checked, especially on the frontier of Central Europe. To its credit, the Trump adm...

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Published in:The National interest 2019-09 (163), p.41-50
Main Author: McNamara, Kevin J.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Banking
Banking industry
Banks (Finance)
Economic growth
Escape
Foreign policy
Free markets
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Love
Macron, Emmanuel
Market economies
Merkel, Angela
Orban, Viktor
Planned economy
Prime ministers
Retail trade
Telecommunications
Unemployment
Values
Wealth
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Summary:China and Russia are gaining wealth and influence in Europe with energy, banking, telecommunications and infrastructure deals that may entangle allies in relationships they cannot readily escape. Such moves should be checked, especially on the frontier of Central Europe. To its credit, the Trump administration reversed its predecessor's approach and has re-engaged with this region, emphasizing common values and interests. The challenge is that US foreign policy will need to blunt European Union (EU) policy in order to compete for the loyalties of our erstwhile allies in Central Europe. To its credit, the EU has been enormously successful in moving the impoverished, formerly captive wards of the Soviet empire-- namely, the four members of the Visegrád Group (v4): Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia--from failed command-economies to vibrant free-market economies, resulting in strong economic growth and low unemployment. The v4 countries certainly appreciate this, which explains some positive polling on attitudes towards the EU.
ISSN:0884-9382
1938-1573