American domination seemed under threat. Not only was China rising, but Europe was unifying. On Dec. 1, 2009, the Lisbon Treaty took effect. European Union leaders thought they finally had answered Henry Kissinger’s dismissive question: What is the phone number for Europe?
Little more than a year later the 27-member E.U. faces a much dimmer future. The Eurozone is in danger of splintering. The E.U. remains focused on political process, with “Euroskepticism” on the rise not only in Great Britain but across the continent.
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