Bruce Anderson in the Spectator (UK) describes the "new special relationship" between the US and Russia and the self chosen irrelevance of Europe. The punchline:
This relationship is still in its infancy. But the Americans have already come to two conclusions. They have realised that it is possible to fly from Washington to Moscow without landing in Paris or Berlin. They have also decided that Europe is no longer the centre of the world. The anti-Americanism of contemporary Continental European politicians has ensured that Western Europe will be relegated to international diplomacy's second division.
