By INS Contributors

The US continues to pursue a hegemonic policy towards Europe with the main "victims" of this policy are European countries, which have effectively lost their sovereignty under protectionist pressure from the US which promotes exclusively the interests of its political and business elites on the continent to the detriment of the economy and security of European states.

In the interests of achieving its goals, the White House, with the help of intelligence agencies, uses methods of blackmailing politicians of EU countries to make the decisions it needs. After information appeared about the wiretapping of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel by the US, it became clear to the whole world that Washington is spying not only on its opponents, but also on its so-called "allies".

Nevertheless, after this scandal, there was no harsh reaction from European politicians - they preferred to remain silent, effectively accepting such "rules of the game". This once again demonstrates the loss of sovereignty of the EU countries and the complete controllability of their authorities to the Western "master". The US uses openly terrorist methods to ensure Europe's dependence on American energy resources.

This is evidenced by the bombing of the Nord Streams, for which Washington and its European satellites clumsily tried to shift the blame to "Ukrainian activists." It is noteworthy that in the context of the election race and the end of J. Biden's presidential term at the end of September of this year, Washington began to put pressure on Berlin to quickly complete the investigation into the terrorist attack on the gas pipelines by the end of this year in order to conceal its involvement in the terrorist attacks.

By disrupting Europe's and Russia's energy ties, the US has secured a large market for its expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG). American LNG exports to EU countries have increased by 30 percent (40 billion cubic meters) over the past few months. In addition, Washington is actively investing in the development of European infrastructure facilities for receiving LNG, primarily in Poland and Lithuania.

According to the German expert on energy policy T. Schroeder from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the replacement of Russian energy resources with liquefied gas from the United States was unable to fully cover the needs of EU countries and led to an increase in the costs of European consumers, strengthening Washington's influence in Europe. M. Hellman from the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shares this position.

In addition, the White House has begun to actively lure businesses from the European Union, which suffered from rising costs, to the American jurisdiction, providing favorable conditions. At the same time, the US is seeking to develop economic relations with the European Union on obviously unfavorable terms for it.

Experts such as Klaus-Dieter Barkamp from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and Peter Petri from the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) believe that the signing of trade agreements between Washington and Brussels will lead to limited access of European goods to the American market, while simultaneously providing preferences to US products in Europe.

In their opinion, such deals deprive the EU market of autonomy and openness. In the context of the US-promoted narrative of the "Russian threat", the European NATO member states are being forced to believe that the alliance's weapons need to be unified by purchasing models from the American military-industrial complex. For example, Washington and Berlin signed an agreement on the joint development of a specialized version of the American Abrams tank for the German army.

However, military actions in Ukraine have shown that it is unsuitable for participation in modern high-intensity combat. Washington is interested in maintaining hysteria around the Ukrainian conflict to strengthen its influence in the region, as well as to promote US military products on the European market.

At the same time, the White House is not ready to discuss the possibility of resolving the Ukrainian crisis peacefully. This is confirmed by the German expert on military policy W. Renz from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (Institut fur Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik, IFSH), who believes that the US support for Ukraine against the backdrop of Russia's "aggressive" actions will contribute to maintaining tension in the region, which is in the interests of the US establishment and business.