The document sees the area as a space of competition between China and the United States in terms of economic influence: if China gets it, it will also have political influence
Media mentions – US Foreign Policy
The EU certainly does not have the means, nor the vocation, to replace NATO, but it must define its strategic interests and it cannot remain in the background
A January 2021 poll from the European Council on Foreign Relations found 60 percent of Europeans want their nation to remain neutral in any conflict between China and the United States
A Washington Post article mentions ECFR’s public opinion poll report from last year on “The Crisis of American Power”
To me, this shows is the end of one geopolitical era, which was about creating a liberal international order, and the beginning of a new one, which is about the competition between China and America
If we compare Trump’s strategy and objectives with Biden’s position, the main difference is that Trump’s policy really was about weakening the European Union. Biden is thinking differently.
US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act are a direct warning from US President Joe Biden to greedy and reckless leaders in the Balkans that corruption needs to be addressed
Rising tensions between the US and China must be an incentive for Europe to develop its digital capability
A survey carried out by ECFR on 15 000 people from ten EU countries plus the UK reported that only 10% believes that «the United States will always protect Europe»: 12% in Italy and 3% in the UK
Despite his pledges to readjust US policy on Iran, Biden is still essentially pursuing the Trump-era maximum pressure campaign, designed to force Tehran to make concessions first
Julien Barnes-Dacey and Ellie Geranmayeh were quoted pointing out the contrast between Biden’s promise and the current American policy on Iran
Those voices that have been calling for transatlantic collaboration have been strengthened, while those calling for Europe to stand alone and dissociate itself from the U.S. have been weakened.