Trouble Ahead for Transatlanticism

Writer says that European capitals are about to face several major foreign policy battles with Washington in the autumn / winter of 2017, which could undermine an already fragile transatlantic relationship.

Issues of contention could include:

+ raising military contributions to the NATO campaign in Afghanistan
+ Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA))
+ North Korea
+ how to deal with post-ISIS Syria
+ how new US-Russia sanctions could affect European energy companies
+ the Minsk Process in Ukraine
+ the potential for a trade war between the US and Europe

• Primary Source

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 17.10.17: Europe’s Illusionaries http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/73440?lang=en

Politico 26.09.17: Macron calls for new EU ‘strategic culture’ (Keynote speech by French President Emmanuel Macron, 26 September 2017) (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/macron-calls-for-new-eu-strategic-culture/

ESO: Background information: The transatlantic meaning of Donald Trump: a US-EU Power Audit (ECFR: Power Audit, September 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-transatlantic-meaning-of-donald-trump-a-us-eu-power-audit/

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