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From the city of the Hague, welcome to Global Europe Unpact, a podcast about Europe's engagement

with its neighborhood and a wider world.

Well, I think Americans would be the first to welcome a more capable Europe.

That's been a theme of American presidents back to John F. Kennedy.

Hello, and welcome back to Global Europe Unpacked, the podcast that looks at global trends affecting

the European continent and the growing ambition for the EU to become a global or geopolitical

power. I'm your host, Will Murray, and in today's episode, we're going to be looking across

the Atlantic at what the administration of incoming President Joe Biden means for the EU-US relationship.

To give some insight from the states, I'll shortly be speaking to Dr. Dan Hamilton,

director of the Global Europe Program at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

But first, here's my colleague Nina to look at the current state of the transatlantic relationship.

Amongst senior officials of the European institutions in Brussels, one could detect an air of excitement over the last weeks at the prospect of a new administration in Washington, D.C., and a new era in transatlantic relations.

After four years of President Donald Trump, the United States of America

appears considerably removed from Europe. In Brussels and in many European capitals, Trump's legacy

is characterized by an American rejection of long-standing multilateral commitments and institutions

and an America-first policy, which in practice often meant frequent unfriendly moves against long-standing European allies.

Trump's presidency has been described as a wake-up call,

a cautionary example that Europe cannot be reliant on the US for its security and must become a geostrategic entity in its own right,

independently responsible for the safety of its member states and the stability

of its neighborhood. During the presidential election campaign, Joe Biden often emphasized the

importance of the United States working closely with European allies. So, with President

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