Why talk of security architecture has struck a nerve in Europe

These days, two words are enough to unsettle Europeans: security architecture.The issue has moved to the heart of negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war on Ukraine after US President Donald Trump teased a "very big, beautiful agreement" that "might involve all of Europe".The comment was followed by an extensive social media post from his special envoy, Jared Kushner, in which he laid down several principles to create a "more stable and predictable security environment" on the continent.Kushner's message notably sidestepped the fact that Moscow has launched a full-scale invasion against a sovereign, internationally recognised nation and instead blamed "decades of mistrust" and "competing security concerns" between Europe and Russia."For more than 30 years, Europe and Russia have struggled to establish a sustainable security framework," he wrote.The wording rattled Europeans, who quickly pointed out that it was not they but Russia who "struggled" to uphold the architecture built in the previous century."We have European security architecture in place," High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday during a G7 meeting in Paris."The only one who is breaching that security architecture is Russia. That is why we have to make sure that in those talks there are clear concessions from the Russian side, because otherwise we will just see more of these attacks."Russia's war on Ukraine is considered to have breached, among others…