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On August 29, 2026, Icelanders delivered a verdict that carried an uncomfortable implication for Brussels. By 52.8 percent to 47.2 percent, they rejected the proposal to resume EU accession negotiations. The result was not a rejection of Europe. It was a vote for retaining control.

Mario Draghi’s new think tank, born out of frustration with Brussels, excludes Central Europe while giving a prominent place to business interests linked to the United States.

Europe continues to present the war in Ukraine as a sudden Russian aggression, but it was the result of three decades of NATO’s eastward expansion, which the West chose to ignore — until Ukraine became the battlefield.