#Transatlantic Relations

Articles (19)

• 🇺🇸 America the adversary: Trump can still do much more to alienate Europe — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  It is not just Trump — the strains began under Obama, who took to calling the Europeans “free riders."

  Related: #NATO, #Foreign Policy, #Strategic Autonomy
• 🇺🇸 ‘Closer to a break than ever’: Can NATO survive if Trump pulls the US out? — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The war in Iran has deepened a rift in the transatlantic alliance, raising questions about whether it can endure.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Alliance Security
• 🇺🇸 Nato split over US access to European bases in Iran war — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Donald Trump irate at France and Spain’s refusal to authorise use of military facilities

  Related: #NATO Diplomacy, #Military Sovereignty
• 🇺🇸 Amid Trump’s Threats, NATO Labors to Survive the Iran War — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump is citing the unwillingness of European nations to back the United States in the conflict as another reason to scale back or abandon the alliance. And he still wants Greenland.

  Related: #NATO Crisis, #Middle East Conflict
• 🇺🇸 'Poorly run, piece of ice': Trump targets Greenland again as Iran war deepens NATO rift — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Trump has set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war exposed rifts in the security alliance.

  Related: #Geopolitical Strategy, #Alliance Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Trump slams NATO after meeting with Mark Rutte — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte -- comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with mem...

  Related: #US Foreign Policy, #Defense Alliances
• 🇬🇧 Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually | Timothy Garton Ash — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>If the UK wants to regain serious respect in the world, it needs its European leg as well as its transatlantic one</p><p>“A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respo...

  Related: #International Relations, #UK Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Graham tears into European allies over Strait of Hormuz reluctance — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday lambasted European allies over their reluctance to send military assets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening “wide and deep” repercussions for alliances....

  Related: #International Security
• 🇺🇸 US wants to ’divide Europe’, EU’s Kallas tells FT — 13/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 How Sánchez became Trump’s nemesis in Europe — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Spain’s premier tells US president what no other European leader dares to say but some say he has miscalculated

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Leadership
• 🇺🇸 For Europe Inc, US tariff relief comes with a sting in the tail — 21/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Trade Policy, #Uncertainty
• 🇺🇸 Trump committed to Hungarian PM Orban’s success, says Rubio — 16/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Conservative Politics, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Rubio casts US, the ’child of Europe’, as critical friend to allies — 16/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Foreign Policy, #Economic Security
• 🇺🇸 Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.

  Related: #Diplomatic Messaging, #Alliance Uncertainty
• 🇺🇸 Analysis-Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump’s Greenland push — 15/02/2026 [USA] Related: #European Defense, #Strategic Autonomy
• 🇺🇸 Europeans reject U.S. claims after Rubio's address in Munich — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces "civilizational erasure," pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. It came a day after U.S. Secre...

  Related: #Geopolitical Tensions, #European Identity
• 🇺🇸 Some European policymakers welcome U.S. Secretary of State Rubio&apos;s warm words, others remain cautious — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Rubio's comments at the Munich Security Conference struck a softer tone than Vice President JD Vance's at last year's event.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Rubio delivers charm offensive at Munich conference — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday spoke to European leaders attending the annual Munich Security Conference. Rubio sought to calm some fears that months of sharp U.S. rhetoric and policy disp...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Security Cooperation
• 🇺🇸 U.S. and European interests are &apos;intertwined,&apos; Secretary of State Rubio says — 14/02/2026 [USA]

  Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, the U.S. secretary of State stressed the importance of cooperation with Europe.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #International Security