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Curt Mills, National Interest: Will Europe Rebel Against U.S. Sanctions?
In comprehensively punishing Moscow, Washington risks further cleaving itself from senior European leadership.
The United States finalized new sanctions against Moscow this week, roping it in with perennial bad actors Iran and North Korea. Despite complaints from Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson—the pair of ex-CEOs that now lead U.S. foreign policy—the administration assented to the “flawed” package on Wednesday. While Trump is sometimes accused of abandoning the trans-Atlantic alliance and scuttling the post-war order, the president now risks further damage to relations with many in Europe by targeting Russia with fresh sanctions.
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WNU editor: The Europeans have a choice .... cheap and reliable Russian energy in exchange for other supplies that may not be that cheap, will need a new infrastructure to accommodate it, and maybe not reliable. The Europeans also do not want to politically isolate Moscow .... they know too well that such actions will not serve their long term interests. My prediction .... the Europeans (primarily Germany) will go along with these sanctions for the short term, but they will want a quid-pro-quo .... and that quid-pro-quo will be no major changes in current U.S. trade policy with Europe.
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