What we can already glimpse of this emerging world is that gentle commerce and international law are no longer relevant within it. In this emerging world, the European Union (EU) appears as a lamb among wolves. In this context, the question is simple: is Europe capable of adapting to this new age? It is continental and civilizational in scale, and it concerns not the EU but Europe and European societies as a whole. On the other side, autocracies, relying on their public powers, appear capable of regimenting their societies and economies in pursuit of their predatory national interests.