> and yet
> the Soviet Union was a singular political actor on the world stage in
> a way that "Europe" (Old Europe + New Europe . . . perhaps Turkey in
> the future, though that is increasingly unlikely) is not yet and may
> never become.
The EU-27 is a genuine superpower. Let's count the ways:
Economics: 12 trillion EUR GDP, bigger than the US, with a booming semiperiphery.
Politics: France is enforcing the Lebanon ceasefire, while Germany just issued arrest warrants for CIA agents involved in the US oiligarchy's demented rendition program.
Culture: Europe produces nearly 950 feature films per year, one quarter of world film production.
-- DRR