Europe Inside Out Can Europe Ever Trust the United States Again?
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Jan 20, 2026 
Jan Techau, a European security and geopolitics expert, and Nathalie Tocci, an EU foreign policy scholar, discuss transatlantic trust breakdowns. They cover shocking US moves that rattled Europe, whether Europe can detach from the United States, defense spending versus dependence, competitiveness shortfalls, rising radical-right risks, and paths for diversification and strategic autonomy.
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Competitiveness Plans, Weak Implementation
- Jan Techau argues Europe knows it is losing competitiveness but has only half-hearted reform efforts.
- He warns fiscal constraints and weak political will make the road to economic autonomy long and uncertain.
Prioritise Trust Within Europe
- Jan Techau advises Europeans to prioritise building trust among themselves because intra-European trust matters more than US trust.
- He urges cooperative reforms and overcoming historical rivalries to make autonomy viable.
The Far Right Is The Silent Destabiliser
- Nathalie Tocci flags the rise of far-right leaders as the biggest internal threat to European unity and external credibility.
- She warns center-right accommodation of the far right radicalises policies and erodes collective responses.