December/January / Global
The Agenda
Why Western leaders shouldn’t allow themselves to be pushed around by Donald Trump.
GEOPOLITICS –– GLOBAL
On your honour
Alexis Self on how European leaders should respond to Donald Trump’s prospective provocations.
How would you like your country’s leader to act if intimidated? As the US’s traditional allies consider their response to the election of Donald Trump, it’s a pertinent question. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, claims that Europe must stop being a herbivore and become an omnivore so as to avoid consumption by the world’s carnivores. It’s no secret that most of Washington’s partners in Europe and Asia were hoping…