India, June 22 -- Israel's decision to sever ties with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has exposed a deepening battle at the heart of the European Union- an escalating rivalry between Kallas and Ursula von der Leyen over who should steer Europe's foreign policy in an increasingly volatile world. It is a contest between competing visions of European power

When Israel announced last Thursday that it was cutting "all contact" with Estonia-born EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas after accusing her of comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians with apartheid-era South Africa, the fallout created an immediate political crisis in Brussels. The obvious casualty was Kallas, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs. But ...