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Europe and the Next World Order

Peter Eitel and Sigmar Gabriel

31 March 20254 Minute Read

President Donald Trump is displayed on a television in the background, with arm outstretched. The framing of his arm leads to a mobile phone held in the photographers hand. the mobile phone displays a map of Greenland, appearing on a website reading 'Today's Top Stories'.

President Donald Trump is displayed on a television in the background, with arm outstretched. The framing of his arm leads to a mobile phone held in the photographers hand. the mobile phone displays a map of Greenland, appearing on a website reading 'Today's Top Stories'.

Redrawing lines on the map: America's shift in foreign policy leaves Europe with a new responsibility and new agency. Image: ifeelstock / Alamy Stock

With Donald Trump effectively abandoning America's 80-year-old commitment to the transatlantic relationship and the broader international order, the future of European peace and prosperity is now wholly in Europeans’ hands. The task now is to unlock the continent's full technological, economic, and military potential.

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Peter Eitel

Sigmar Gabriel

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