Transatlantic Inflection Point: US Transactionalism and the European Order

The presentation will focus on the shift in US foreign policy toward transactionalism under the Trump Administration, exploring the key divergences from previous US administrations on vital topics such as transatlantic relations and global trade policy, while also analyzing key elements of foreign policy continuity such as US/China relations. The presentation will also explore the outlook and implications of this shift in US foreign policy for the global order moving forward.

The relationship is in its deepest crisis since the Second World War. U.S. allies face a structural inflection point: deterring an increasingly assertive Russia while recalibrating to a U.S. security guarantor whose commitment is increasingly mediated through threat-based, quasi-coercive transactionalism. To a Europe that remains unable to maintain peace on its own continent, this is a decisive moment.

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