Trump’s view of allies and trade represents an existential threat to the transatlantic alliance. That threat comes less from the inconsistent policy positions he has taken in the campaigns than from some of his core beliefs that stretch back decades. Transatlantic relations have long been predictable, even boring. Even their dysfunctions and disputes are ritualised […]
Jeremy Shapiro is a research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has previously worked as a senior advisor on European and Eurasian affairs to the US State Department during the
Obama administration.