I really dont care, but I have noticed, every time if some one blame China for anything, you dont stay at topic and reflex blame the opposite side, for their faults.
Defeence: NATO, later EU-Army
Resources: Agree partialy
Nuclear umbrella: We have (NATO)
Space exploration: We have already (ESA)
anything else?
You trust Russia to want stop NATO expansion to east, only. I can agree on that.
1. Wrong
2. Wrong also. We will never ever prefer Russian base over a Nato/turkish base in EU. Right, we do not have forget the history. -btw, my father was one of the prisoners of Soviet Russians during WW2. Russia is still a hostile to EU.
3. We dont care, Turkeys problem.
You are right, Russia is not a threat for southern Europe. Its a threat for whole Europe. We can see this in Syria, where they side with Assad, in Libya with Haftar or in Ukraine. EU should prepare of this.
Which conflicts we can see around the world, is well explaind by Warren Buffet in an interview on an US Magazine years ago.
By the way, nothing what Austen Powers explained here, makes any sense for me. Expect one thing.
If UAE forced to continue his pressure on Turkey, I will see next to...