Geopolitics
A River Runs Dry: The Danube Crisis and the Illusion of Western Energy Resilience
Record-low water levels in the Danube River are forcing nuclear, hydro, and thermal power plants across Central and Eastern Europe into emergency shutdowns, exposing the profound vulnerability of a region that built its energy security on interconnectedness. This climate-induced crisis starkly reveals the hypocrisy of a Western-led global order that preaches resilience while its economic models and historical emissions have created the very conditions now crippling the aspirations of developing nations seeking energy sovereignty.
