European policymakers were astonished by Trump’s recent remarks on NATO and the EU in an interview with Bild and The Times. Europe should be prepared for pivotal changes in U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
The victory of Donald Trump and the way his election campaign was conducted will have multiple effects on politics in the EU, sleepless nights are already one of them.
Paris has been declared as a historic moment and breakthrough. By putting an end to the Kyoto governance and signalling the decline of the fossil fuel area, this new agreement is a huge step forward in the history of international climate diplomacy.
The end of the Cold War also did away with a state of affairs under which the transatlantic alliance was taken for granted. Back then, it was basically a security alliance institutionally anchored in NATO. How much weight will the often invoked community of values between Europe and the US be able to sustain? What shared interests will connect us in the future? Will a world, in which economic and political leverage is shifting rapidly, require more or less transatlantic commonalities? The Foundation makes every effort to promote transatlantic dialogue in the areas of foreign and security policy, energy and climate policy, green economy, and democracy.
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