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Internationalism No. 81, November 2026 Page 3 From the series European news We are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either , said Friedrich Merz at the end of September, commenting on Russian drones and fighter jets flying over European territory. The German Chancellor's comment confirms what we have observed: the political currents of imperialist Europeanism are attempting to leverage the wars of the crisis in the world order to accelerate continental rearmament. German-led rearmament According to the European Commission's Defence Readiness Roadmap and the September report by the European Defence Agency (EDA), EU countries' military spending has increased from €218 billion in 2021 to €343 billion in 2024, reaching 1.9% of GDP; €392 billion in spending is forecast for 2025. This is only the beginning of European rearmament, because at the NATO summit at the end of June, the allies committed to increa...

Americanism and Europeanism in the Crisis in the World Order Internationalism No. 81, November 2025 Page 1 What can be said about the show diplomacy which has become the hallmark of the American presidency, and was spectacularly demonstrated in Donald Trump's performances at the Israeli Knesset and at the Peace 2025 ceremony in Sharm El Sheikh? The terrain is treacherous, given how it combines the new forms of television and social media democracy and the historical characteristics of Americanism , with the structural changes of Atlantic decline and the resulting dynamics of the global contention. Although it is tinged with a certain despondency, it is worth revisiting the description given in July in L’Opinion by Frédéric Charillon, former head of the Strategic Research Institute at the Military School and lecturer at ESSEC, a French grande école of economic sciences with Jesuit roots. In his view, the days of classical diplomacy are o...