Why election interference is self-defeating for the EU

I recently caught up with Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen on their popular Duran geopolitics podcast, to discuss the recent elections in Georgia and Moldova. Conversation inevitably drifted to Ukraine as well.

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My key takeaway from our discussion was that European leaders have lost sight of the need for a pan-European peace. That will only change when there is a paradigm shift away from seeing elections in former Soviet States as a zero-sum choice between Europe and Russia. And remembering that focussing on economic relationships first is what helped Europe emerge stronger and more peacefully from the devastation of World War II. As we nudge ever closer to World War III, politicians on all sides need to get back to basics and remember that our collective security hinges on every country believing that its core strategic interests aren't threatened.