Amid Donald Trump’s continued string of victories, it is worth reminding NATO officials that the primary threats to prosperity in member states do not lie beyond their borders, but within — embedded in institutional sclerosis, paralyzing regulation, the erosion of educational foundations, and a deliberate shift away from industrial capacity, rebranded as a “green transition.”
Not among the so-called “right-wing radicals,” as recently suggested by German intelligence services.
External threats are convenient. They offer a narrative framework to explain systemic decline without addressing healthcare, immigration, or labor market dysfunction.
A comfortable delusion is a form of security, too. ■