America Votes: What It Means for Europe

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Among foreign policy issues, how the United States should approach its relationship with Europe might be the one on which presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris disagree most. To find out why, hear Nathalie Tocci, the director of Rome’s Istituto Affari Internazionali, and Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the second episode of FP Live’s special election series. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): A. Wess Mitchell and Jakub Grygiel: U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia Hal Brands: Trump’s Return Would Transform Europe FP Contributors: Europe Alone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrual, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.
0:16.4	Welcome to this show and to our continuing special series, America Votes, What It Means for the World.
0:24.4	Every day this week, we're releasing a new episode that will explore how the two presidential candidates,
0:30.8	Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, agree or disagree, on how to manage a different geographic arena.
0:37.7	Today, we focus on Europe.
0:40.3	Of all the areas that Trump and Harris disagree on foreign policy,
0:44.6	the transatlantic relationship is probably the number one issue where there are significant
0:50.2	differences.
0:51.7	Trump has threatened to pull out of NATO.
0:56.3	Harris served in an administration that was clearly pro-NATO. Harris has called Russia's Putin a murderous dictator. Trump's views are
1:02.8	decidedly less clear. But more broadly, Trump can be seen as transactional. The Harris worldview,
1:09.2	we think, especially when it comes to Europe, is decidedly
1:12.8	more values-based and might hinge on alliances. It's worth passing all of that through with some experts,
1:19.9	and so I have two terrific ones for you today. Natalie Tochi is the director of the Instituto Affari Internationale in Rome.
1:29.9	She was formerly a special advisor to two EU high representatives,
1:34.6	and that's Federica Mogherini and Joseph Borrell.
1:37.8	And Mark Leonard is the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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