Liberalism under Attack: Is the EU a Fortress or a Sandcastle?

In his first six months in office, US President Donald Trump has given heart to the European Union’s internal and external adversaries. The international system is now threatened by an American president who thinks his country is losing out to foreigners and responds by attacking shared values and institutions. The EU has not yet adapted to this erosion of the international liberal order from which the Union has benefited.

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ESO: Background information: President Trump's first months in office: The course of transatlantic relations http://www.europeansources.info/record/president-trumps-first-months-in-office-the-course-of-transatlantic-relations/

ESO: Background information: Transatlantic Relations: Change or Continuity? (United States: Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service (CRS), 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-relations-change-or-continuity/

ESO: Background information: Lessons for Europe From One Hundred Days of Trump http://www.europeansources.info/record/lessons-for-europe-from-one-hundred-days-of-trump/

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