“Europe is now closer to war than it has been since the break up of former Yugoslavia.” Stark words of warning from the senior EU diplomat I’ve just been speaking to off the record about current tensions with Moscow, over its huge military build-up on the border with Ukraine. The mood in Brussels is jumpy. There’s a real fear that Europe could be spiralling towards its worst security crisis in decades. But angst isn’t wholly focused on the prospect of a long, drawn-out ground war with Russia over Ukraine. Few here believe Moscow has the military might, never mind the money, or popular support back home for that. True: the EU warns the Kremlin of “extreme consequences” should it take military action in neighbouring Ukraine. Germany’s new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was in Kyiv and Moscow […]