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Sensitivity to tragedy means understanding “not what has already happened, but what could happen”.

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In recent months, several military top brass in Europe have issued strong warnings that our days of peace are over and that war could be imminent.

Take Rob Bauer, chairman of Nato’s military committee, reminding an audience last winter that “we have to

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Caroline de Gruyter is a columnist and Europe correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a recent column in De Standaard.

Sensitivity to tragedy means understanding “not what has already happened, but what could happen”.

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Caroline de Gruyter is a columnist and Europe correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a recent column in De Standaard.

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