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Originally Posted by ikalugin
This assumes that the conflict of interest is sufficiently big in Europe to lead to an all out European war. Sure some borders may be redrawn (Balkans and ex Soviet states), but I don't see how this would lead to a mass war without the US.
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I guess it depends on how the nationalistic propaganda which is being stirred up against the EU develops if the EU collapses, whether it fades out or whether it grows into the ugly sort of fashion that developed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It's easy to create a war against someone if you degrade them into an entity which is considered inferior or a threat.
I could be wrong, the borders of the major European powers may remain static in a post-US post-EU world, it would be nice to think that we have gotten to the point where as nationstates we can actually co-operate enough to avoid such things...but I am doubtful.