The purpose of foreign policy is not moral purification; it is to secure tangible interests as well as they can be secured in the existing balance of power.
It is “not just because the world’s shifting, but because its political class has botched the response with a mix of hubris, warmongering, and strategic myopia.”
The report lends credence to the belief that the EU seeks to use post-Qatargate reforms to harass dissenting MEPs, banning them from speaking against EU foreign policy missions while overseas.
