Although it is not technically at war, the EU is in many ways already in a state of armed conflict – particularly in how it makes sense of its own predicament. Belligerent language is especially prevalent in Brussels, where EU officials and commentators appear incapable of construing any subject – least of all economics – in non-militaristic terms. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . The US and China, we’re told, are  gaining ground  on Europe. Western