It all adds up to the coveted goal of "strategic autonomy," the idea that "Europe" (i.e., the EU) is internally cohesive and also strive to act independently in international affairs at a time when U.S.-China bipolarity is taking shape.

Moscow has no continuity-of-society plan in case of war, and there aren’t enough women who can quickly step in and take on the jobs of those who’ve fled or been drafted.