The New Age of American Foreign Policy

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Guests

    • Jim O’Brien, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, ECFR

    • Henry Farrell, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University

Chaired by

  • Mark Leonard, Director, ECFR

The NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 is likely to be a flashpoint in the transatlantic relationship and another example of how the US, under President Trump 2.0, has changed the way it exerts power. From sweeping and volatile tariffs, a reduced military engagement in Europe, to an alliance with the most powerful US tech companies, the panel will try and decipher the long-term impact of the new US ways to conduct foreign policy.

James O’Brien and Henry Farrell offer their analyses in this important discussion, moderated by Mark Leonard.

How should Europe and the UK engage with them? How foreign relations may be affected by social media regulation and efforts to change business models? How are those tactics influencing national politics in Europe?