I don’t mean the EU as such, as it doesn’t have any spying capabilities, but states like the UK, France, Germany and maybe Sweden, Norway, Italy or Spain must have satellites orbiting earth to spy on adversaries, equipment to eavesdrop on communications like the NSA does, operatives on the ground…

Can they substitute American intelligence gathering, now the US is essentially trying to pull a chamberlain on Ukraine?

  • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    3 days ago

    Also, when it comes to Russia, Ukrainian intelligence is top notch due to historical ties.

    But TBH, I do think Europe needs to find a way to make peace with Russia and with the Middle-East, specifically Turkey, Egypt and Iran.

    They are our direct neighbours. The cold war idea that we could have a powerful friend across an ocean, while having strained relationships with our direct neighbours just isn’t going to be a good strategy going forward.

    • Zoldyck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      3 days ago

      Peace with Russia is difficult as long as Russia isn’t interested in peace, which they clearly aren’t

      • credo@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        Russia is interested in peace as long as it gets to dictate the terms, and install its own people in the new Russian territory.

    • 211@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      3 days ago

      Not disagreeing, we should strive for good or at least civil relationships with our neighbors, even if we don’t exactly like each other, but the problem is that

      • any agreement or peace deal with Russia isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, they’ll just ignore it when they want to
      • make peace with one country in Middle-East, you’ll anger another
    • tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      3 days ago

      Good relationships go both ways. It’s pointless to be friendly to an abusive partner. It’s not just Russia but the US as well now.