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Under no scenario would a unified European Union aligned with China be in the interest of America. Indeed, a united EU might not be a friend but a foe.Joseph Borrell, a former Spanish socialist and current High Representative of the European Union, recently argued the EU needs to be strategically independent. “It is foreseen that in 20 years, we [the EU] will not represent more than 11 percent of world GNP, far behind China, which will represent double it, below 14 percent for the United States and at par with India,” Borrell wrote, adding the next two decades would be...

Psaki, called “Jen” by President Barack Obama and her colleagues, has been known as an island of calm and karma aboard the campaign plane and later in the tumultuous West Wing. She will start Oct. 17 as senior vice president and managing director at Global Strategy Group. Psaki started talking to the firm this summer and accepted the job in mid-August, but delayed her departure to allow for a transition and so she could tell West Wing officials in person.