The EU must be more robust in order to stem the tide of international disorder, or it risks falling to authoritarian imperialism Donald Trump is threatening to take over Greenland , the territory of a Nato ally, possibly by military force, as Vladimir Putin is trying to take over Ukraine. Even if he doesn’t actually do it, this is a new era: a post-western world of illiberal international disorder. The task now for liberal democracies in general, and Europe in particular, is twofold: to see this world as it is and to work out what the hell we’re going to do about it. Timothy Garton Ash is a historian, political writer and Guardian columnist Continue reading...