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Posted on 01/18/2026 1:33:44 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The return of hard-power politics is no longer a theoretical debate for Europe. From U.S. military action in Venezuela to President Donald Trump’s renewed pressure over Greenland, long-standing assumptions about a rules-based international order are being openly tested as geopolitical competition sharpens.
Sir Robin Niblett, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House, told TVP World’s On the Record that the Trump administration represents a fundamental break with decades of U.S. alliance policy.
“This is a U.S. administration that believes in ‘might is right,’” Niblett said. “The view of President Trump himself is that alliances are sources of leverage, not sources of solidarity.”
According to Niblett, Washington increasingly sees its allies not as partners but as weaker actors to be pressured. “If you are the most powerful country in an alliance, then you should get something for it,” he said. “Your allies are the weaker members in that relationship — countries that can be dominated and bent to the will of the United States.”
While the U.S. has long acted selectively toward international law, Niblett added that earlier administrations still believed alliances strengthened American power. “Republican and Democratic presidents alike believed that paying the costs of alliances served America’s security and economic interests,” he said. “That logic has now been replaced by a far more transactional approach.”
The shift has alarming implications for Europe. Former MI6 chief Alex Younger recently warned that “if you don’t possess hard power, you don’t get a vote.” Niblett agreed, arguing that no European state can defend itself alone. “Britain, France, Germany, Poland — none of us can take care of our security by ourselves in confrontation with China, Russia or even the United States,” he said.
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Might makes Right.
Always has, always will.
I do not believe that might makes right.
Never have. Never will.
Why not?
Europe has a very long history of handling policy strictly on the basis of “Might Makes Right”.
Right and wrong aren’t dependent either upon popular vote nor national strength.
Did the Russian invasion of Ukraine challenge “rules-based order in Europe” ?
The Nazis lost because our might exceeded theirs’.
“The view of President Trump himself is that alliances are sources of leverage, not sources of solidarity.”
The Europeans are upset the USA is no longer pretending Europe is a world power.
So far, the Europeans are encouraging Zelensky not to negotiate.
We should stop sending weapons to Ukraine and allow Europe to handle it.
They can stick their “Rules Based Order” where the sun doesn’t shine.
Their idea of “Rules Based” is quite different from our idea of “Rules Based”.
They killed millions of innocents, because their might exceeded that of the innocents
Would that be the alliance policy that is currently encouraging a demographic catastrophe in its member states? I'd gently suggest that perhaps a reconsideration of that policy is in order.
It wasn’t right for the Khmer Rouge to kill millions just because they could.
It wasn’t right for the Nazis to invade Poland and kill millions of innocents just because they could.
It wasn’t right for the Romans and the Jews to crucify Jesus just because they could.
What an absolute crock. Aren’t these leftist rulers locking up the opposition and outlawing free speech?
The point is not that right makes right. It’s that the world is run by the exercise of power, one way or the other.
Europe is “right” to control Greenland? I think not.
To fight America? I think not.
Niblett is a WEF hack, JFTR.
It’s a bs premise. Globohomo loosing their insipid autocratic virtue signaling coercive grip on international relations is a good thing. Fags not getting their waaaay… boo hoo
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Exactly. Good observation.
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