LMC 2024: Let Us Not Despair, But Act

Trans-Atlantic Relations at a Time of Growing Isolationism

In 1947, at the start of the Cold War, US Senator Arthur Vandenberg famously asserted that “politics stops at the water’s edge”. Recently however this sentiment no longer feels true. Aid packages to Ukraine, Taiwan and long-term ally Israel were stalled for months in the House of Representatives. It seems that Americans are tired of forever wars and want to focus more on internal matters. Is it true? What should we expect after the November elections? How can we keep the two sides of the Atlantic on the same page when it comes to foreign and security policy?