West Is Not Integrated Any Longer

IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK

Over the past century either during the era when the Dutch used to lead the West or during the era when great Russia was losing its power and Britain used to lead the supremacy of the West, or after the World War II when neocolonialism did not meet the demands and the U.S. was presented as the leader of the West to replace Britain, there has been no fragile climate for the West like what is today.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamanei during a massive Friday Prayers which was held in January addressing the world said, “These are American clowns.” He meant Europeans and this is a truth one can realizes it by watching Europeans’ behaviors. After the Supreme Leader used the word “clown” for Europe, some signs of dissatisfactions to Europe’s subservience to the U.S. have been seen.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass during the Munich Security Conference called on his country and all of Europe to take on a greater international security role in light of evolving relations with the United States. He called for the “construction of a European security and defense union as a strong, European pillar of NATO,” responding to an offer made earlier this week by French President Emmanuel Macron, he also said that Germany is prepared to discuss a European strategy related to France’s nuclear weapon arsenal.

Meanwhile on the sidelines of the conference, Mass in an interview with a radio station said, “The omnipresent American global policeman in conflict settlement had passed, and centers for decisions on several issues have also changed drastically and some of them like Syria and Afghanistan have shifted to Russia but decisions about the future of the Middle East are made in Astana or Sochi instead of in Geneva or New York.”

Earlier and in the opening session of the conference, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticized the U.S. for neglecting its international duties and warned of an “increasingly destructive dynamic in world politics.” “Year by year, we are distancing ourselves from the goal of international cooperation to create a more peaceful world,” Steinmeier said.

And today and in the current modern civilization in the Middle East and even in Latin America, the gap between Europe and the U.S. is clearly seen and it is not concealable. This crack, during the past three years especially after President Donald Trump took office in the U.S., has widened and every now and then the disputes between Western officials in the secret meetings are dragged into the media and open sessions and they face disputes in the international conferences.

The number of disputed issues between Europe and the U.S. consists issues like future of the NATO, free trade and security treats of Russia and China. So the 56^th Munich Security Conference in Germany once again turned into a place for witnessing open conflicts between European and American countries.

Meanwhile addressing the Munich Conference, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg criticized Germany and France’s plans for establishing a European military formation (parallel to the NATO) and said it would weaken the trans-Atlantic bond. Earlier French President also said that NATIO was getting brain-dead.

This Macron’s remark received major reactions in the West and enraged the U.S. and NATO. Stolenberg addressing the conference said, “Any attempt to distance Europe from North America not only weakens the trans-Atlantic bond, but it also risks dividing Europe.”

NARO Secretary General’s remarks came after issues like Brexit and the U.S. unilateral policies especially after Trump took office were raised, especially in recent years that Germany and France have taken some steps for forming up a European army. And this means paving the ground for a decision to put an end to the survival of NATO in the West and world.

On the sidelines of the conference and in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW), former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticized the U.S. President Trump for his inaction in addressing global issues.

Kerry also criticized the U.S. President, saying, “”Trump has been breaking apart NATO, pushing people away, insulting Angela Merkel, insulting leaders in Europe and praising people like Putin … that’s unacceptable.”

So one can definitely acknowledge that the crack in the Western bloc was clearly seen during Munich Security Conference and today the West is not integrated any longer.

 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian