1、CRU Policy BriefPhoenix or Icarus?Europeanstrategic autonomy inlightofUkraineFEBRUARY 2022Erwin van Veen&Rex LangenbergStefan Zweigs Die Welt von Gestern:Erinnerungen eines Europers narrates the first half of the 20th century as an oscillation between freedom and control,cosmopolitanism and national
2、ism,humanitarianism and xenophobia.It offers a fitting backdrop to current discussions on European strategic autonomy,as the concept risks another swing towards control,nationalism and xenophobia due to its overtones of peril,threat and exclusion.This time,pulling up the drawbridge is not justified
3、with reference to the violent demise of the Habsburg empire or the rise of national socialism,but because of growing tensions between Russia(these days especially regarding Ukraine),China,the US and EU.The EU feels is?threatened by:a revisionist Russian state that compensates for poor governance wit
4、h a promise of restoring imperial grandeur through With all eyes on the next Russian move in Ukraine,the notion of European strategic autonomy is experiencing a revival.At first glance,this seems overdue given that talks between Washington and Moscow bypass Brussels entirely.But beyond a limited use
