- Europe has taken an approach of bilateral economic ties/strings which can be leveraged after the colonies were dismantled (so military bases were out of the question to begin with). In addition Europe maintains a military of similar technological capabilities as that of the USA, but far smaller in raw numbers. (Incidentally a lot of the USA budget on military expenses ends up in Europe due to the USA's main suppliers of some of the tech being European.)
And allow Eastern Europe to be boss around because they can suffer rising heating costs in the winter if Russia plays hard ball?
- Primary threats to Europe are gone, so the cold war style armies are too. We find it saves us a lot of money, and collectively time that we can spend on something worth doing.
Like retiring when you 50 years old and crying when you have to go back to work when you bankrupt your nation?
- Apart from that it's laughable that either China or Russia should invade their primary export markets.
Ever think of China invading Taiwan to control that part of the sea?
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