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Trump and the triumph of unreason. Egmont Commentary, 1 June 2018

Biscop, Sven (2018) Trump and the triumph of unreason. Egmont Commentary, 1 June 2018. [Policy Paper]

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    “I am so attached to [the cause] in my heart, and I am so convinced that God our Saviour must embrace it as His own cause, that I cannot be dissuaded. Nor can I accept or believe the contrary”. That was how the Spanish king Philip II answered his advisors when they tried to convince him not to invade England, suppress the revolt in the Netherlands and make war against the Ottoman empire all at the same time. The result of the king’s hubris is well known. The Spanish armada was sunk in the Channel, the Seventeen Provinces became independent; only the Ottoman expansion was, temporarily, halted.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: EU and strategic partners, EU strategy and foreign policy, European defence/NATO
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > common foreign & security policy 1993--European Global Strategy
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 19 Jul 2019 14:40
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 19 Jul 2019 14:40
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/97536

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