One would think Europe had already learned its lesson about the huge costs of strategic dependencies. The continent’s first reality shock came with China during the pandemic, when Europe had to beg for ventilators and masks. Its second major dependency, which turned out to be extremely costly, was on Russian gas, as exposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Despite these experiences, the European Union might still respond to President Trump’s current trade and security pressure by drawin
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