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Their wordsBut the realization that an old political order is breaking apart, and that we are unlikely to return to the relative calm of the postwar years anytime soon, has slowly been dawning on political leaders desperate to keep living in the past.
Their wordsIt is clear that Germany, in particular, can no longer rely on the United States the way it once did.
Their wordsBut if Europe wants to play a leading role in the world-or simply to stand up for its own values on its own continent-it must recognize that this model has now run out of road.
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