随着跨大西洋关系面临新的地缘政治不确定性，前爱沙尼亚总统托马斯·亨德里克·伊尔韦斯对华盛顿在俄乌战争中对俄罗斯态度的转变及其对欧洲安全的深远影响进行了尖锐评估。
As transatlantic relations confront renewed geopolitical uncertainty, former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves delivers a pointed assessment of Washington's shifting approach to Russia's war on Ukraine and the profound implications for European security.
他分析的核心在于一个根本问题：欧洲能否发展出必要的政治统一、战略独立和军事能力，以在日益不可预测的国际秩序中捍卫自身利益？
At the heart of his analysis lies a fundamental question: can Europe develop the political unity, strategic independence and military capabilities necessary to defend its interests in an increasingly unpredictable international order?
伊尔韦斯的回答是：“如果欧洲有任何时候开始以欧洲的身份行动，而不仅仅是出于严格的自身利益，那么现在就是时候。”
Ilves response: "If there's any time for Europe to begin to act as Europe and not as being strictly self-interested, then this is the time for it."