{"id":1252542,"date":"2025-06-26T20:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/europe-is-preparing-for-a-large-scale-war-results-of-the-hague-summit\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T03:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:36:06","slug":"europe-is-preparing-for-a-large-scale-war-results-of-the-hague-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/europe-is-preparing-for-a-large-scale-war-results-of-the-hague-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"From Diplomacy to Deterrence: Europe\u2019s New Course After the Hague"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

For months, the future felt suspended in a thick, unyielding fog \u2014 directionless, unstable, uncertain. All eyes turned to the Hague Summit in search of clarity. And now, whether we\u2019re ready for it or not, that clarity has come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What does 5% of the GDP of European NATO countries spent on defense mean?<\/p>\n

It means $1.2 trillion annually<\/strong> \u2014 twice<\/strong> the average U.S. defense spending during the Cold War, adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n

The conclusion first:<\/strong> is that Europe is preparing for a large-scale war.
And the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine has not disappeared.<\/p>\n

Conclusion second:<\/strong> Ukraine will become a member of NATO the day after<\/strong> a united Europe is directly attacked.<\/p>\n

European armed forces are fully integrated within NATO\u2019s military structure.
There is no separatism \u2014 even as Article 5<\/strong> is being publicly questioned by the U.S. President.<\/p>\n

This means NATO can now operate under different leadership in different theaters.
Most likely, the United States will relinquish its lead in NATO\u2019s European command, just as the EU will avoid deep involvement in events in the South China Sea.
NATO is no longer the United States\u2019 global military tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this shift is irreversible.<\/p>\n

President Macron is also right: you can\u2019t build collective security while fighting trade wars.
Tariff conflicts must be resolved shortly.
The instinct to “grab a bigger piece” from Europe, simply because you can \u2014 has failed.
Instead, we need to calmly negotiate a new international trade order.<\/p>\n

What struck me most at the summit was the clear-eyed realism of Finnish President Alexander Stubb:
NATO is being reborn to respond to the very threat it was created to contain \u2014 Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the one hand, this is good news for Ukraine:
It opens the door to building a stronger, more secure state and defending its territory.
On the other hand, it delivers a final verdict on all illusions about a quick return to pre-war life.
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