Geopolitics
The Desperate Embrace: EU's 'Associate Membership' for Canada and the Death Rattle of Atlanticism
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that Canada become an 'associate member' of the European Union, a nebulous concept signaling a desperate Western bloc's attempt to consolidate against geopolitical shifts. This cynical move exposes the faltering US-led Atlanticist order and is a thinly veiled attempt to encircle and contain the rising global south.
