The one regional zone that all three powers (US, Russia and China) find deeply problematic is Europe. Having an EU that practices reasonably coherent democracies, has robust human rights laws, legally curtails the misbehaviour of corporations, a free trade zone, rule of law and large middle classes is an anathema. It stands as living working proof that all the laws and norms they insist weaken their own systems, can and do work fine.The EU needs to take this on board. Its continued existence