The latest US export controls on semiconductor technologies traded with China mark the beginning of a new era for global technology trade. European states need to urgently discuss strategic export controls in order to participate in it.
The Inflation Reduction Act may reduce US dependency on China, but it also risks harming the transatlantic relationship. European governments must position themselves as critical allies for the US in order to preserve their economies – and effectively counter China’s geo-economic challenge.
A few short years after being declared brain dead, the transatlantic alliance is thriving, with Americans and Europeans coordinating their response to Russian aggression and sharing similar views on China. But new storm clouds are gathering, and Europeans must prepare for darker days ahead.
A Republican-controlled Congress could have significant consequences for the EU – on funding for Ukraine, but also at the level of political symbolism and attitudes towards Europe’s conservative strongmen
The Geneva summit recalled the power of old-fashioned diplomacy and working patiently away at difficult problems
Biden’s approach to multilateralism is driven by his sense of what American voters and elected representatives in Congress will tolerate
Berlin and Washington need to avoid a worst-case scenario in which cooperation on other pressing transatlantic issues becomes impossible
The Biden administration has made clear that it will not shift away from the tougher approach on China. But the latest sanctions row has demonstrated that Europe is not without agency in what has falsely been characterised as a binary confrontation.
After the indifference of the Trump years, the Biden administration should broaden and deepen its cooperation with France in the Sahel
Europeans should resist the temptation to exploit the strain in the US-Saudi relationship for short-term, narrow, and self-interested gains
The latest US export controls on semiconductor technologies traded with China mark the beginning of a new era for global technology trade. European states need to urgently discuss strategic export controls in order to participate in it.
The Inflation Reduction Act may reduce US dependency on China, but it also risks harming the transatlantic relationship. European governments must position themselves as critical allies for the US in order to preserve their economies – and effectively counter China’s geo-economic challenge.
A few short years after being declared brain dead, the transatlantic alliance is thriving, with Americans and Europeans coordinating their response to Russian aggression and sharing similar views on China. But new storm clouds are gathering, and Europeans must prepare for darker days ahead.
A Republican-controlled Congress could have significant consequences for the EU – on funding for Ukraine, but also at the level of political symbolism and attitudes towards Europe’s conservative strongmen
The Geneva summit recalled the power of old-fashioned diplomacy and working patiently away at difficult problems
Biden’s approach to multilateralism is driven by his sense of what American voters and elected representatives in Congress will tolerate
Berlin and Washington need to avoid a worst-case scenario in which cooperation on other pressing transatlantic issues becomes impossible
The Biden administration has made clear that it will not shift away from the tougher approach on China. But the latest sanctions row has demonstrated that Europe is not without agency in what has falsely been characterised as a binary confrontation.
After the indifference of the Trump years, the Biden administration should broaden and deepen its cooperation with France in the Sahel
Europeans should resist the temptation to exploit the strain in the US-Saudi relationship for short-term, narrow, and self-interested gains
After the last few days, it looks like the Republicans cannot lead
The McCarthy case shows that Trump is losing influence among the Republicans, writes Jeremy Shapiro in his op-ed
[Europe should] use these years to prepare for a scenario in which the US no longer sees its involvement in Europe as a key American interest
Who is going to be president in 2024 is still completely open, even after the mid-term elections. But Europe should prepare itself, warns Jana Puglierin.
The Republican candidates will continue to wage a scorched-earth culture war
In the guest commentary, Mark Leonard explains what Trump’s re-election would mean for the relationship between the US and Europe
The US will put greater pressure on allies in Europe to massively increase financial and military aid to Ukraine
The pressure to reduce aid to Ukraine is the most relevant foreign policy consequence of the US election for Europe, analyses Majda Ruge
China wants economic dominance, just like the USA. The result: an economic war over computer chips
Janka Oertel comments on China’s ambitions to become a leader in computer chip manufacturing