Back to the Future, Once Again - The Implications of the US Presidential Election for Transatlantic Relations

Endast inbjudna · SEMINAR · 19.09.2024 09:30 - 11:00

Endast inbjudna

Transatlantic relations might not rank high among the priorities of the American electorate. Research shows that for many Americans other foreign and security policy issues, like terrorism and the flow of illegal drugs into the United States, have much more salience. This picture is further complicated by important partisan differences on major issues of concern to America’s European allies, including support for Ukraine and limiting the power and influence of Russia. The presidential campaigns of Vice President Harris and former President Trump reflect these differences. While their campaign rhetoric – and that of Democratic and Republican candidates for House and Senate seats – is not necessarily a reliable predictor of the next Administration’s specific policies and actions, the sometimes stark differences in their broad approaches should not be underestimated.

This FIIA seminar zeroes in on the implications of the US elections on transatlantic relations and foreign policy. How might the approaches of a prospective Harris versus Trump administration vis-à-vis Europe differ? What would their foreign policy priorities be with respect to Europe and more globally? How should European partners, including Finland, prepare for a Harris or Trump term?

Programme:

Speaker: Leo Michel, Non-Resident Fellow, FIIA

Comments: Ville Sinkkonen, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA  

Chair: Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Leading Researcher, FIIA

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Speaker

Leo Michel

Non-Resident Fellow, FIIA

Leo Michel is Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. His previous government positions included: Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies; Director for NATO Policy and Director for Non-Nuclear Arms Control in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Deputy U.S. Representative to the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Consultative Commission as well as other government positions. Michel holds a M.A. from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and a B.A. from Princeton University.

Comments

Ville Sinkkonen

Senior Research Fellow, FIIA

Ville Sinkkonen is a Senior Research Fellow at FIIA, Center on US Politics and Power. His research focuses on US foreign policy, great-power politics, normative power, and the politics of trust in international relations. Sinkkonen is the author of A Comparative Appraisal of Normative Power: The European Union, the United States and the January 25th, 2011 Revolution in Egypt (Brill, 2015), and his work has been published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, and European Foreign Affairs Review, among others. He holds an LL.D. (International Law) from the University of Turku, where he defended his doctoral dissertation Failing hegemony? Four essays on the global engagement of the United States of America in the 21st Century in December 2020. Sinkkonen is the chairperson of the Finnish International Studies Association (FISA) and co-editor of the Nordic Review of International Studies (NRIS).

Chair

Charly Salonius-Pasternak

Leading Researcher, FIIA

Charly Salonius-Pasternak is a Leading Researcher at FIIA and leads the work of the Center on US Politics and Power (CUSPP). His work at FIIA focuses on international security issues, especially Nordic and transatlantic security (including NATO), as well as U.S. foreign and defence policy. Recently he has focused on Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation and the evolution of US and NATO alliance reassurance approaches in light of the changed regional security situation. In 2017, he was a visiting research fellow at the Changing Character of War programme at Pembroke College (Oxford University), where he studied the hybridization of warfare and the impact of the Information Age on the character of war.