Nations that were neutral have provided arms for Ukrainians; governments that had for years missed their NATO defense spending obligations have made spectacular U-turns; and countries that had deep economic ties to Russia have gone further in breaking the link than anyone had seriously envisaged little over a month ago.
The West’s almost unprecedented unity on sanctions, political and military action has left many in Europe, despite the horrors of Putin’s war, optimistic that the continent will emerge from this better equipped to deal with security threats.
Nowhere is this truer than in the…
