World views on a second Trump presidency: Alliances, adversaries, and opportunities
Guests
- Mark Leonard, Director, ECFR
- Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
- Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford
Chaired by
Susi Dennison, Director, European Power Programme & Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR
As the world prepares for a second Trump presidency and its transformative impact on the global order, Europe faces an urgent need to not only reassess its transatlantic ties but also to rethink engagement with other powers on its path to strategic interdependence. This event which will explore the findings of public opinion polling conducted by ECFR in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, USA, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, as well as in eleven EU member states:
- How do key powers view the contemporary world order in light of a second Trump presidency, and how does the EU fit in this new landscape?
- What should drive Europe’s foreign policy in a transactional world, who is a partner, who is an adversary?
- How do people in other countries perceive Trump’s commitment to end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East?
The event is being organized as part of ECFR’s Re:Order and Unlock Europe’s Majority projects. The Re:Order project is funded by Stiftung Mercator. ECFR partnered with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, International Centre for Defence and Security, and Think Tank Europa on the Unlock Europe’s Majority project. ECFR also collaborated with the Europe in a Changing World project of the Dahrendorf Programme at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.