The four years of the Trump administration have, of course, created significant doubt.

And this doubt is not going to go away completely because Europeans are not dumb.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.

Here you'll find extended versions of interviews from my show on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today, a look at the road ahead for the United States and Europe.

Transatlantic relationships have been badly strained over the past four years,

but President-elect Joe Biden is promising America is back on the global stage.

What does that actually mean in reality? And how does China factor into the new geopolitical landscape?

I'm talking about all that and more with one of Europe's top diplomats, Wolfgang Isinger.

He's former German ambassadors to the United States and currently chairman of the Munich Security Conference.

The title of his new book says it all, World in Danger. Let's get to it.

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And I'm here with Ambassador Wolfgang Isinger. He's chairman of the Munich Security Conference and author of the new book, World in Danger,

Germany and Europe in an uncertain time.

Wolfgang, great to be with you.

Great to be with you, Ian. So let me,

let me start with the new administration. You were very quick to congratulate President-elect

Biden, Vice President-elect Harris on their win, even extended an invite to him to the Munich

conference. I know he's attended for many decades now. To what extent

do you think this will really reflect a change in the trust that the Europeans do and don't

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