It’s America’s election, but it matters for the whole world—and perhaps especially for Europe. The trans-Atlantic relationship may be the most obvious area of difference between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Trump has threatened to pull out of NATO; Harris doubled down on the alliance in Munich. Harris has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “murderous dictator”; Trump boasts of their good relationship. How is Europe preparing for this future?
As part of our special election series, “America Votes: What It Means for the World,” FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by Nathalie Tocci, the director of Rome’s Istituto Affari Internazionali, and Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.