The war in Ukraine has dramatically reshaped Europe's security landscape, creating a military dependency on the United States not seen since the Cold War.
It doesn’t seem like a sustainable strategy to me either, but it may be the US making the most of the hand they have. It’s clear that the attempts to bully BRICS into submission aren’t working, and are only accelerating the growth of trade outside the west. So, the only nations the US can still exert pressure on are their G7 vassals. The goal might be to try and stabilize US economy in the short term, and then cannibalize the rest of G7.
It doesn’t seem like a sustainable strategy to me either, but it may be the US making the most of the hand they have. It’s clear that the attempts to bully BRICS into submission aren’t working, and are only accelerating the growth of trade outside the west. So, the only nations the US can still exert pressure on are their G7 vassals. The goal might be to try and stabilize US economy in the short term, and then cannibalize the rest of G7.