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The Danger of a Weak Europe

| January 6, 2016

In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, following a period of American preoccupation with Vietnam and China, declared a "year of Europe." More recently, after President Barack Obama announced a US strategic "pivot," or rebalancing, toward Asia, many Europeans worried about American neglect. Now, with an ongoing refugee crisis, Russia's occupation of eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea, and the threat of British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016 may become, by necessity, another "year of Europe" for American diplomacy....

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For Academic Citation: Nye, Joseph S..“The Danger of a Weak Europe.” Project Syndicate, January 6, 2016.

The Author

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Joseph S. Nye

  • Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
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