US EditionHow Europe Should Deal With Trump
- Europe faces a strategic shift as the United States signals reducing its permanent military commitment and support by 2025.
- This change follows the end of the Cold War and unipolar moment, alongside growing US focus on confronting China in Asia rather than European security.
- Europe’s greater population, GDP, and NATO defense spending give it latent power to deter threats, but efficiency and unity remain challenges amid internal divisions and differing histories.
- Former Secretary of Defense Mattis’s 'Four Thirties' plan proposes readying 30 battalions, ships, and air squadrons within 30 days, though Europe needs a larger, less US-dependent force to ensure credible security.
- European leaders must reconsider reliance on the US by enhancing hard power, reforming economically, and sustaining dialogue on nuclear roles, while preparing for a less dependable American partnership.
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Ullman in the Hill on how the Trump administration is shaping Europe, NATO, and geopolitics
On May 5, Atlantic Council Senior Advisor Harlan Ullman published an op-ed in the Hill on US President Donald Trump’s divergence from the traditional assumptions of the transatlantic alliance. He argues that, if the United States steps away from NATO, there is no clear European power poised to take a leadership role.
Standing Up to Trump’s America | by Josep Borrell - Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump and his top advisers have made it abundantly clear that they want to destroy Europe’s social, economic, and political model. Europeans must waste no time in pursuing strategic autonomy in defense, technology, and geopolitics.
Trump 2.0: Transatlantic Security, European Response, And Implications For Spain And Portugal – Analysis
The Trump Administration is dramatically transforming the transatlantic security alliance. This has profound implications for Europe.[1] By Federico Steinberg and Bruno Cardoso Reis The Trump 2.0 presidency’s aversion to multilateral cooperation, the EU and even NATO is radically reshaping the transatlantic security alliance. While previous US presidents have called for a more balanced distribution of...
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