The uncertain outlook for European security

By Shashank Joshi, Defence editor, The Economist

DONALD TRUMP’S return to the White House is a bombshell moment for Europe. The continent’s powers face the erosion, perhaps dissolution, of their principal alliance at the very moment that Russia has the upper hand in the war in Ukraine. They face a stark choice: find an accommodation with the Kremlin or vastly increase spending on defence and security to keep Ukraine solvent and Vladimir Putin at bay. That debate could unite Europe. It is just as likely to split it.