An often made distinction in regions is this one. It is a subdivision of the world in so called culture realms. Their scale, however, is so enormous and the diversity within each of the realms so great that the very concept misleads more than it informs.And this...
And finally, we are talking about sovereign countries here people. And these sovereign countries sometimes have mutual interests, but as least as often they don't, certainly on military affairs.
The above results in three problems for me to give a single European point of view.
So, while I can give the readers of Information Dissemination a point of view from the European side of the Atlantic Ocean and I will try to give a broader European view, it will never be the European point of view.Which brings up the natural question that no one will ask. If that's the case (and even Marcase agrees with him) then why do we still have NATO?
- A lot of times there is no single European point of view.
- I'd have to follow all European countries' foreign policy, which is impossible to do in my spare time.
- It would require me to know 23 languages, just for the EU.
Another question becomes...if what he said is true then how is the European Union ever going to work? If that's true then how the HELL will they get a European Army off the ground?
Europe is a technological marvel but man---they have as many, if not more issues than we do! The image below is also from GvG's article...but look at the different bureaucratic organizations that have formed! How do they get anything done?!