Geopolitical Coherence

Obama’s absence from the European Union summit in Madrid is a clear indication of the U.S.’s geostrategic change at a peak time of the rising powers of the Orient. It is something logical and inevitable but, as a consequence, it also shows that Europe is losing ground in the international arena.

Assuming this (and it is better for us to do so in a realistic way in order to better adapt to the new panorama), it is expected that this loss of ground for our Union will be apparent in all aspects. For example, this will affect the contributions that the various members of the E.U. (Spain among them) have made in correspondence with their old power positions and close alliance with the United States. To start, we should withdraw our soldiers from territories of American geostrategic interest (e.g. Afghanistan). In doing so we would spare the lives of European citizens and extravagant expenses, which we could then allocate for necessary policies in favor of the best possible shape of our Union in the new international arena. In order to make this feasible, we must try not to fall for the tricks that will certainly be offered by the American administration.

In what other way could it be understood that Obama will miss the political meeting in Madrid but not the military one on the occasion of the next NATO summit in Lisbon?