With new leadership coming to the European Parliament, Commission, and Council amidst a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, Europe faces an opportune moment to craft a new grand strategy. Above all, European decision-makers need to take a broader view of their core, if not existential, interests at stake and devote greater time and resources to serving them within the wider cause of the liberal order. Europe needs to help reinvigorate the West—the core backbone of liberal order—by restoring a sense of solidarity through fairer distribution of benefits as well as more equitable burden-sharing on diplomacy, defense, and development. Moreover, Europe needs to develop separate strategies for parts of the world, such as Russia and China, where liberal values are not likely to be attainable there in the foreseeable future yet basic elements of public order (such as minimization of violence, stability, and predictability) are still necessary. Finally, beyond defending the liberal order, Europe needs to clarify its core interests elsewhere and help stabilize the Middle East and Africa. Crafting a grand strategy for Europe is a complex process involving multiple decision-makers and institutions. This book seeks to lay the essential building blocks toward that effort.weiterlesen