US, Russia on same page: EU must be put on her place

Jubilation in Washington and Moscow was evident on the news of Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia opting out of the EU Loan of Euro 90 Million to Ukraine. Both Russia and America are on the same page when it comes to EU. It must be re-designed to play a supplementary role for the benefit of the superpowers.

Let me survey the scene in both Washington and Moscow as regards to the EU behemoth which has outlived its usefulness to both superpowers and to the world at large:

U S Viewpoint

1. The threat by EU Secretariat regarding pulling out the plug of US Treasury investments of about $3.5 Trillion is not taken lightly by the US authorities. They deem it as arms twisting of the giant by the dwarf

2. US tolerates EU only as a geoeconomics vassal and no more. When EU countermands the recent US Tariff on exports to America EU members, it was perceived not as reciprocal measure but as a tit-for-tat reaction

3. Americans preach democracy as the Epochal JD Vance speech in Munich in February 2025 demoed. It was a warning shot that EU must allow dissidence in opinion and conduct of the citizens there. By and large EU Secretariat in Brussels has transformed as a collective similar to Soviet Union

4. Both USA and EU were strange bedfellows when Ukraine war started, united in their common purpose of delivering strategic defeat to the Russian Federation. Now US needs Russian business partnership in exploiting Arctic resources and rare earths in order to lessen her dependence on China. Therefore US wants Ukraine to technically lose the battle and make up with her erstwhile opponent Russia. Put it simply, US wants Ukraine to lose whereas EU wants Russia to lose.

5. By and large EU is anti-America so is America anti- EU.

Russian Viewpoint

1. Ukraine cannot join NATO but it can become a member of the European Union. Russian maskirovka is evident in that Ukraine joining EU is similar to the Trojan horse. Once Ukraine is admitted EU would self-destruct

2. Practically, EU is the lead financier of the current Ukraine war. America lent weapons and provided military intelligence. But EU has this big burden of financing not only the Ukraine war but also the running of the country as a whole. The hard cash spent exceeds Euro 170 Billion so far, almost 3% of the EU GDP

3. Hatred for Russia united America and EU in a manner not seen before. Yet the Russians did not resort to hate complex. They want business deals both from America and Europe.

4. Unlike the Americans Russia wants EU to play a vital role in the geoeconomics of the continent and the globe as a whole.

5. Russian strategy is to ensure Europe as a partner in every aspect of the global conduct: politics, economics and military affairs. A divided Europe is good for both America and Russia but not a splintered one. Europe needs multiple nations reflecting ethnicity, language, geography, culture and economic potential.

In summary, it is time for all three parties to get together and craft a strategy amid geoeconomics such that all of them benefit from the progress that would be achieved in the long run! 

 

Cheers!

 

Muthu Ashraff Rajulu

Strategy Adviser

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