Europe’s uneven rearmament is playing into Russia’s hands. Instead of acting united, EU countries are racing to produce new weaponry on their own terms. The result is a divided military landscape that creates neither credible deterrence nor strategic coherence : only confusion that undermines security as Washington steps back from transatlantic preeminence. President Zelensky understands the risks: “Europe needs to know how to defend itself”, he said bluntly in Davos. Frustrated with this lack