The Biden administration asked Europe if it would join a US-China war in the Indo-Pacific, and Europe said no—that's America's war, not ours—revealing the imbalance where the US guarantees European security but Europe won't reciprocate.
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“when the Biden administration... went to Europe and said, 'if we go to war with China, are you in?' They said, 'That's your war. We're not getting dragged into that.' So the US is the guarantor of European security... but the Europeans are not allin for the US in the Indo-Pacific.”
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The world in flux and Trump’s role in a new equilibrium - Stephen Kotkin Lecture - Apr 25— Nathan WatsonCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:23:45 AM
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