Elastic Relations: Looking to both Sides of the Atlantic in the 2020 US Presidential Election Year

Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration

“…If yes, where and in what form remains an open question. As President Trump's four years in office and his first US president to threaten his European allies with the reduction of the US's commitment to the Alliance, he brought home forcefully that even NATO, a regional security cooperation project that has united a relatively homogenous group of states for over 70 years and which can rely on developed economies and militaries, cannot be taken for granted (Hofmann, 2021). The election of Joe Biden as US president in 2020 has reconfirmed the US's transatlantic commitment, but it has not pushed the burden-sharing debate.…”

A Year like no Other: Hope out of Despair?

“…Part of an answer to this question arises from examining the EU's relationship with the United States and China. Hofmann's (2021) and Telò's (2021) contributions examine in depth developments across this dimension for 2020. Hofmann's article starts from the simple observation that EU–US relationship was under significant strain in 2020, especially in the run‐up to the US Presidential Election.…”