Overview
- The updated National Security Strategy warns Europe faces "civilizational erasure" and says it is plausible some NATO members could become "majority non-European."
- Political scientist Henry Farrell characterizes the document as a program to drive an illiberal turn in Europe in partnership with far-right parties.
- The European Commission fined X about $139 million for transparency breaches, and Elon Musk responded by urging the EU's abolition and threatening retribution against officials.
- Paul Krugman links the administration’s posture to tech billionaires’ resistance to European regulation, citing threats to keep steel tariffs high unless Brussels scales back tech rules.
- Analysts argue the shift could undercut coordination against China and Russia, with reports of curtailed intelligence sharing even as European institutions and voters continue to defend liberal norms.