natalie tochi, who in the past was an adviser to federica, magherini when she was her head diplomacy eads the italian institute of international relations. here. listen to what she wrote in forinfs magazine. six months after russia's invasion of ukraine , there are signs that europe is struggling to stay on course to wage an increasingly costly war amid rising inflation, a worsening energy crisis and the threat of a recession, european leaders are increasingly vocal about the social and economic upheavals from the conflict and its political and geopolitical ramifications , meanwhile, under the outward show of consensus is growing tension over how to wage war against the backdrop of these issues raises a more important question. how long can european unity with respect to the war last and what could lead to its collapse, in fact the biggest threat to the european coalition may not be the lack of progress in stopping the escalation of violence in ukraine as it has been so far, but a relative calm in the conflict, which maybe allow moscow to poach some eu countries to put pressure on kie