article is still focused on “we desperately need to make the US our reliable friend, and must continue to make Russia an enemy”
Europe’s urgent task is to relearn how to acquire and wield power; it must be prepared to confront adversaries and sometimes friends, including America, which will still be there after Mr Trump. Instead of cowering, it needs an objective appraisal of the threat.
The objective appraisal of the threat is that EU is protected from US by an ocean. Doing trade based on lowest bidder with counties, like Russia, who have never threatened Europe is orders of magnitude more practical than begging the US to extort it.
Ukraine provoked war, with US corruption. But while Russia has reacted strongly against EU/NATO provocations, it has not acted against non-CIS states which US/NATO has had strong corruption operations for purposes of attacking Russia.
Instead of weapons, whether through taxing rich or eating poor, to attack Russia, normal relations makes all better off.