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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with US President Donald Trump at the UN headquarters in September 2025.
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Rana Foroohar
The war in Iran has brought home, yet again, the sharp choice that Europeans face in a new great power conflict between the US and China. Should Europe side with the guys who decided to start a war of choice that threatens to wreak havoc on the global economy? Or get into bed with a country that will eventually destroy its industrial base?
It’s not an easy choice. But I think that despite President Donald Trump, who will eventually leave office, Europe is still better off siding with the US than China – and not just because Beijing is supplying Russia, and now Tehran, with military technology and support.
