European Union Foundations
Europe emerged from World War II physically devastated and geopolitically sidelined. The war had fundamentally reordered global power, and Europe was no longer at the center of it.
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Europe emerged from World War II physically devastated and geopolitically sidelined. The war had fundamentally reordered global power, and Europe was no longer at the center of it.
But the arrangement was chaotic. According to records from August 6, 1779, the Committee for Foreign Affairs had no Secretary or Clerk beyond a member who acted in those capacities
When the United States declared independence, it had no State Department. It barely had a country. Yet within years, American diplomats were negotiating treaties across Europe, and