I don’t mean the EU as such, as it doesn’t have any spying capabilities, but states like the UK, France, Germany and maybe Sweden, Norway, Italy or Spain must have satellites orbiting earth to spy on adversaries, equipment to eavesdrop on communications like the NSA does, operatives on the ground…

Can they substitute American intelligence gathering, now the US is essentially trying to pull a chamberlain on Ukraine?

  • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I agree, except that I wouldn’t classify Israel as a top intelligence power.

    Their dependence on the USA is immense.

    For European purposes, Egypt (Suez) and Turkey (both Bosporus and the land link to Asia) are the most important regional allies. Both or very populous and could become a new source of cheaper labour, now that Eastern EU countries are becoming more expensive.

    Iran, Iraq and the Gulf countries are important as long as we can’t have Russian and/or American fossil fuels. But even then, Turkey and Egypt are the broker between us and them.