European nations ignored warnings about Vladimir Putin as he constructed vitality and navy leverage over the Continent. Will they be taught from the expertise?

The digital assembly between high European Union officers and Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Friday needs to be instructive. Beijing needs the occasion to reboot talks on a stalled EU-China funding deal. Brussels says “the principle focus of the summit will probably be on the conflict in Ukraine” and the “dramatic humanitarian disaster created by Russia’s aggression.”