[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Velina Tchakarova [@vtchakarova](/creator/twitter/vtchakarova) on x 181.9K followers Created: 2025-07-12 11:56:20 UTC Dear Europeans, Your political class continues to operate as though we are still living in the post-Cold War illusion of a non-existent global order. But the 21st century has delivered a radically different reality: Cold War XXX is upon us — a full-spectrum systemic confrontation between the United States and the DragonBear, the evolving axis of strategic coordination between China and Russia. This new bifurcation of the global system is not speculative. It is an objective, observable process that has been unfolding for many years. What’s at stake? Everything. The decisions made today will chart the trajectory of Europe for the next XX to XX years — geopolitically, economically, and strategically. The window for serious strategic reflection is rapidly closing, and Europe faces three clear strategic options: X. Strategic Autonomy If Europe chooses this path, it must be prepared for a generational effort. Catching up with America and China in all systemically relevant domains will demand sacrifices: extended working lives, fewer leisure comforts, full labor force participation, a renewed focus on STEM education, and a strategic mindset oriented around hard power. Strategic autonomy cannot exist without energy independence, military credibility, and industrial sovereignty. This means prioritizing energy security and productivity over rushed decarbonization targets, investing at least €800 billion per year in reindustrialization and another €800 billion in rearmament. Only then can Europe credibly defend its southern and eastern flanks — and assert itself in the Arctic and beyond. X. The Status Quo – Total Dependence on the United States Europe’s former diversification — relying on Russian energy, Chinese manufacturing, and American security — has collapsed. Now, Europe is wholly dependent on the United States across all three dimensions. In the context of Cold War 2.0, this means one thing: if Europe is unwilling or unable to build true strategic autonomy, then it will be forced to align with Washington — not by design, but by default — in the unfolding global struggle against the DragonBear. This is not strategic sovereignty. It is strategic submission. X. Deepening Relations with China The third option — pursuing closer ties with China — would amount to a geopolitical self-destruction. In practice, this would reinforce the DragonBear architecture and directly undermine Europe’s own security interests by enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine and eroding the continental security order. No amount of “de-risking” will alter Beijing and Moscow’s joint strategic calculus. Their two-front strategy is clear: distract the U.S. and Europe with protracted instability in Ukraine and its periphery, while reshaping the Indo-Pacific through fait accompli military moves. Europe would be the weak link — and the ultimate casualty. The choice is ours, but time is not. This is a moment for realism, resolve, and responsibility. Europe cannot afford to look away! XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [russia](/topic/russia) [china](/topic/china) [united states](/topic/united-states) [Post Link](https://x.com/vtchakarova/status/1944002886008029630)
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Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova on x 181.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-12 11:56:20 UTC
Dear Europeans,
Your political class continues to operate as though we are still living in the post-Cold War illusion of a non-existent global order. But the 21st century has delivered a radically different reality: Cold War XXX is upon us — a full-spectrum systemic confrontation between the United States and the DragonBear, the evolving axis of strategic coordination between China and Russia. This new bifurcation of the global system is not speculative. It is an objective, observable process that has been unfolding for many years.
What’s at stake? Everything. The decisions made today will chart the trajectory of Europe for the next XX to XX years — geopolitically, economically, and strategically. The window for serious strategic reflection is rapidly closing, and Europe faces three clear strategic options:
X. Strategic Autonomy If Europe chooses this path, it must be prepared for a generational effort. Catching up with America and China in all systemically relevant domains will demand sacrifices: extended working lives, fewer leisure comforts, full labor force participation, a renewed focus on STEM education, and a strategic mindset oriented around hard power. Strategic autonomy cannot exist without energy independence, military credibility, and industrial sovereignty. This means prioritizing energy security and productivity over rushed decarbonization targets, investing at least €800 billion per year in reindustrialization and another €800 billion in rearmament. Only then can Europe credibly defend its southern and eastern flanks — and assert itself in the Arctic and beyond.
X. The Status Quo – Total Dependence on the United States
Europe’s former diversification — relying on Russian energy, Chinese manufacturing, and American security — has collapsed. Now, Europe is wholly dependent on the United States across all three dimensions. In the context of Cold War 2.0, this means one thing: if Europe is unwilling or unable to build true strategic autonomy, then it will be forced to align with Washington — not by design, but by default — in the unfolding global struggle against the DragonBear. This is not strategic sovereignty. It is strategic submission.
X. Deepening Relations with China
The third option — pursuing closer ties with China — would amount to a geopolitical self-destruction. In practice, this would reinforce the DragonBear architecture and directly undermine Europe’s own security interests by enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine and eroding the continental security order. No amount of “de-risking” will alter Beijing and Moscow’s joint strategic calculus. Their two-front strategy is clear: distract the U.S. and Europe with protracted instability in Ukraine and its periphery, while reshaping the Indo-Pacific through fait accompli military moves. Europe would be the weak link — and the ultimate casualty.
The choice is ours, but time is not. This is a moment for realism, resolve, and responsibility. Europe cannot afford to look away!
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