{"id":124210,"date":"2025-05-23T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124210\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T03:28:09","slug":"europe-must-learn-the-art-of-unpowering-russia-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124210\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe must learn the art of \u2018unpowering\u2019 Russia \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Then, there\u2019s China. As Beijing and Moscow draw closer, the EU should start using economic leverage \u2014 whether by tightening investment screening or threatening targeted export freezes on dual-use goods. Europe\u2019s diplomacy should also continue to expose the contradiction between China\u2019s stated respect for sovereignty and its indulgence of Putin\u2019s imperial revanchism.<\/p>\n<p>Next, there\u2019s the battle of narratives. Russia\u2019s information warfare may be cheap, but it\u2019s effective, flooding airwaves with lies, fueling discontent and manipulating debate. Meanwhile, Europe\u2019s response has been fragmented and timid. This should end.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc needs a real strategic communications capacity to empower initiatives like EUvsDisinfo, support independent media in vulnerable regions, and work in local languages. The message? Democracy, self-determination and sovereignty aren\u2019t Western concepts. They\u2019re universal principles \u2014 and Russia tramples them.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the EU needs to deepen its regional engagement in order to crowd out Russia\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/13025483-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6653403\"  \/>As Beijing and Moscow draw closer, the EU should start using economic leverage \u2014 whether by tightening investment screening or threatening targeted export freezes on dual-use goods. | Yuri Kochetkov\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>In the Western Balkans, this means rewarding reformers and punishing obstructionists, possibly in smaller groups of the willing if there\u2019s no bloc-wide consensus. In the Southern Mediterranean, it means cooperating with Turkey to resolve conflicts that Russia exploits. In Africa, it means pivoting from crisis response to truly becoming the oft-claimed \u201cpartner of choice\u201d by investing in joint efforts on infrastructure, education and critical raw materials, while backing the continent\u2019s agency in global governance forums. And in the Indo-Pacific, it means playing to Europe\u2019s strengths as a reliable partner that\u2019s open to trade and collaboration on the issues and challenges that will shape the future: cyber, AI and clean tech.<\/p>\n<p>In all these regions, the EU must also go beyond the circles already familiar with it, such as governments and businesses, and invest in building ties with civil society and future leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Then, there\u2019s China. 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