Transatlantic Policy Center

Europe’s summer of humiliation America knew the EU was weak. The rest of the world knows it now

"America knew the EU was weak. The rest of the world knows it now" www.ft.com/content/6985...

Europe learned to love American gas. This is how Trump wrecks it. Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “aste…

"Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “asteroid” for the industry" www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Watching China in Europe—August 2025

Catch the latest 'Watching China in Europe' - www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...

The United States Trumps the EU

"Europe’s lost economic competitiveness has become a stark geopolitical weakness" www.gmfus.org/news/united-...

Brussels scrambles to defend US trade deal with details up in the air Washington and Brussels can’t seem to agree on what they have actually agreed on.

"Washington and Brussels can’t seem to agree on what they have actually agreed on" www.politico.eu/article/brus...

The Indo-Pacific Chooses Options, Not Sides - War on the Rocks The 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue marked a subtle but telling shift in Indo-Pacific geopolitics. While the annual security forum retained its usual stagecraft

"The 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue marked a subtle but telling shift in Indo-Pacific geopolitics" warontherocks.com/2025/07/the-...

The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon - War on the Rocks On June 25, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission safely returned to Earth, becoming the first mission in the world to retrieve lunar samples from the far side

"However, this increase of lunar activities may very well spark an international crisis due to the absence of clearly defined rules and norms related to the moon" warontherocks.com/2025/07/what...

Trump’s tariff tension may be easing after deals with EU, Japan President Trump has challenged conventional trade policy, and the U.S. is agreeing to deals with the European Union, Japan and others. Whether America comes out ahead depends in part on what the detai...

"The world’s largest economies are resetting policies based on his iconoclastic vision that powerful nations can make their own bilateral deals and come out ahead" www.csmonitor.com/Business/202...

Trump’s Missed Opportunities Are Piling Up The Trump administration had an unprecedented chance to change the United States for the better.

"The Trump administration had an unprecedented chance to change the United States for the better" foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/t...

Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship? Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.

"Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit" foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/u...

Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing? Vast waves of drones are overwhelming Ukraine’s air defences

"Vast waves of drones are overwhelming Ukraine’s air defences" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Spending 5 per cent on defence doesn’t make Nato stronger An arbitrary target won’t enhance members’ capabilities or co-ordination and encourages creative accounting

"An arbitrary target won’t enhance members’ capabilities or co-ordination and encourages creative accounting" www.ft.com/content/deaf...

US and EU reach tariff agreement to avert trade war Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen

"Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen" www.ft.com/content/c173...

Why Isn’t China Wooing Europe? Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies.

"Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies" foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/c...

Is War Ever Really Worth It? Experts discuss how to evaluate success and failure in war.

"For all the debate over US wars, there is little consensus about what constitutes success and failure, let alone how to assess whether Washington should go to war" inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...

The Air Battle That Could Decide the Russia-Ukraine War Kyiv’s front-line drone superiority has been slipping away as Moscow’s forces adapt.

"Kyiv’s front-line drone superiority has been slipping away as Moscow’s forces adapt" foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/23/u...

Macron was right about strategic autonomy But France lacks the means to pay for much of it

"But France lacks the means to pay for much of it" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Kurds and Turks are closer than ever to peace They are both suspicious of Israeli aims in the region

"They are both suspicious of Israeli aims in the region" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

The Real Meaning of Putin’s Middle East Failure Russia’s allies in the region couldn’t count on Moscow—and neither should China.

"Russia’s Allies in the Region Couldn’t Count on Moscow—and Neither Should China" www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/real-...

Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Corruption Fighters

"Ukraine’s president ran on a promise to clean things up, but critics say his government is cracking down on anti-corruption activists, critics and agencies" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...

In transatlantic trade talks, the EU must keep digital policy off the table The UK has shifted some of its digital policies to appease the US president. But Brussels should adjust its tech agenda to boost its own competitiveness – not to cave in to Donald Trump.

"The UK has shifted some of its digital policies to appease the US president. But Brussels should adjust its tech agenda to boost its own competitiveness – not to cave in to Donald Trump" www.cer.eu/insights/tra...

The EU Needs a Smarter Trade Negotiation Strategy

"An effective approach would combine a willingness to take a tough stance with a new type of diplomatic engagement" www.gmfus.org/news/eu-need...

How U.S. Forces Should Leave Europe And why Trump should start the process now.

"And Why Trump Should Start the Process Now" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Just Showing Up

"Why an EU-China summit with so little to show is still a success for Europe" www.gmfus.org/news/just-sh...

How Europe can avoid a transatlantic trade war | Brookings Given that the U.S.-EU commercial relationship is by far the largest in the world, a trade war would be disastrous.

"A closer look at Trump’s playbook, however, offers insights into ways the two parties might reach an initial arrangement that will satisfy no one but could avoid disaster" www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

Opinion | Trump Is a Situational Man in a Structural Bind

"At the start of Mr. Trump’s second term, history didn’t merely repeat; it doubled down" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/o...

Britain is great at muddling through. But imagine if its leaders knew where they were heading British prime minister Keir Starmer’s successful ‘reset’ with Europe highlights an underlying incoherence. The only rational long-term strategy is to rejoin the EU, but British politics is far removed...

"The only rational long-term strategy is to rejoin the EU, but British politics is far removed from that" ecfr.eu/article/brit...

Can Europe Break Free From China’s Rare-Earth Grip? Brussels is worried it could be Beijing’s next target.

"Brussels is worried it could be Beijing’s next target" foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/23/c...

Towards a decarbonised energy system in a larger EU Enlarging the energy union to include EU candidate countries would benefit both current and future EU member-states. Expanding the EU energy market would support energy decarbonisation, security and a...

"The energy crisis following Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine has hastened the partial integration of EU candidate countries into the EU energy market" www.cer.eu/insights/tow...

Germany and Norway plan closer defence cooperation amid wider bilateral security push - Euractiv The planned treaty comes after mutual defence agreements between Germany, France, Britain, and the EU, amid threats from Russia and America’s withdrawal from Europe's security architecture.

"The planned treaty comes after mutual defence agreements between Germany, France, Britain, and the EU, amid threats from Russia and America’s withdrawal from Europe’s security architecture" www.euractiv.com/section/defe...