Thu, 15 Oct 2026
European countries have been too slow and too reactive in response to escalating Russian attacks. They need a coordinated playbook.
CFR President Michael Froman analyzes Europe’s changing posture toward China and Russia, and how that mirrors what the U.S. approach used to be.
Introduction In the spring of 2025, eleven EU health ministers described Europe’s dependence on Chinese medicines as the weak point in Europe’s defense. The warning was accurate but largely ignored. For twenty of fifty-six active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that German regulators classify as essential to supply, enough of the world’s production sits in China that […]
