Core thesis
European strategic autonomy is not a sudden ideological turn. It is the accumulated response to energy shocks, technological pressure, and industrial vulnerability.
Why it matters
Europe is redefining subsidies, competition rules, and economic security policies to reduce dependence in critical sectors.
The challenge is to do so without fragmenting the internal market or weakening diplomatic capacity with key partners.
Regional lens
The European discussion is less binary than it often appears: it is not about choosing autonomy over alliance, but about finding a sustainable combination of both.
What comes next
Success will depend on executing selective industrial policies with credible financing and coordinating regulation with a more geopolitical vision of the common market.