Europe can’t expect America to ride to its rescue against Putin
The issue here is neither Trump nor Biden. Rather, it is the fact that the United States does not have and ‘won’t have a military big enough to increase commitments in Europe and have a chance of restoring (US) edge in Asia against China,’ as Elbridge Colby – the architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, dominated heavily by China – put it recently. ‘We must prioritise,’ he added, ‘either we’ll shift gracefully toward Asia, giving Europe a soft landing (maybe too late for that). Or there’ll be a shock in Asia and we will have an East of Suez moment, when we’ll have to dramatically cut other commitments to prioritise Asia.’
The Spectator