Euro-Atlantic Solidarity in the Aftermath of Trump

• Main Author: Alexander Shumilin
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2020-06-01
• Series: Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
• Subjects: euro-atlantic solidarity; transatlantic partnership; usa; european union; nord stream 2; nato; liberal values; china; russia
• Online Access: http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/Shumilin62020.pdf

The very phrase «Euro-Atlantic solidarity» primarily presupposes an appeal to the foreign policy activities of the states of North America (USA and Canada) and the European Union. A priori, it is aimed at coordinating national and global strategies designed to determine the relations of the countries of this community with the outside world. Most analysts agree that it was this solidarity that was the first and perhaps the biggest and most sensitive victim of the Donald Trump administration's policies. The author of the article believes that after the 45th president leaves the White House, transatlantic solidarity will receive a tangible impetus for its renewal. While maintaining its basic foundations in the form of liberal-democratic values, however, relations between the two shores of the Atlantic are likely to be restructured in a somewhat different paradigm than before. During the Trump presidency, both the United States and Western Europe have practically formed two visions of the correctness of the foundations of transatlantic solidarity. In some aspects they coincide, while in others they may diverge.