Experts & Staff
Chris Herrmann

Chris Herrmann

Programme Coordinator, US Programme

Areas of expertise

US domestic and foreign policy; transatlantic relations; education

Languages

English

Biography

Chris Herrmann is the US programme coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in Washington, DC.

Before joining ECFR, Herrmann worked with the Aspen Strategy Group at the Aspen Institute, where he helped support various non-partisan public and private conferences, including the Aspen Security Forum. Previously, he served as a Fulbright fellow in Athens, Greece, was a member of Teach for America, and taught secondary English in Denver, Colorado for four years.

Herrmann studied international public policy at the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and sociology and humanomics at Chapman University in Orange, California.

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Policy alert
Trump

As the US midterms loom, the Republican choice is surrender—or lose

A loyal voter base is allowing Trump to dominate the Republican Party and strengthen his control before the midterms. Now his sidelining of Congress is weakening the traditional checks on presidential power

Donald Trump receives Viktor Orban

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The Trump administration is drawing on Roman Empire imagery, and Trump’s own version of Christianity, to reinforce its perception of Western values and impose conditional bilateral partnerships. Europeans need to be ready for America’s whole-hearted shift towards values-based diplomacy

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