Carnegie Europe - Event - Can Europe Ever Trust the United States Again? January 14, 2026 5:00 PM–6:00 PM CET - Live Online Register to attend

Carnegie Europe

Event

Can Europe Ever Trust the United States Again?

January 14, 2026

5:00 PM–6:00 PM CET

Live Online

Register to attend

 

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term in office has put Europe on the back foot. Despite continued diplomatic efforts from national and institutional leaders, the transatlantic relationship that helped define the postwar European project appears broken.

From Vice-President J.D. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference to the December 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, the Trump administration continually reaffirms its rejection of the values that have bound both continents for decades. Amid existential challenges, Brussels must ask whether its relationship with Washington can ever be the same again—or whether it is time for Europe to chart its own path.

To explore this question, Carnegie Europe invites you to an online public discussion between Nathalie Tocci, director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and professor of practice at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Jan Techau, director of the Europe team at Eurasia Group. The discussion, moderated by Carnegie Europe Director Rosa Balfour, will be the first of a series unpacking the most pressing questions facing the EU as part of Carnegie’s “Europe Head-to-Head” project.

To preview the discussion, Nathalie Tocci and Jan Techau have authored position papers exploring whether the EU and United States should remodel their relations.

Nathalie Tocci

Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, professor of practice at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and professor at the European University Institute. She has been Special Advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. In that capacity, she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementatio

Jan Techau

Techau is director with Eurasia Group's Europe team, covering Germany and European security from Berlin. Previously, he was director of Carnegie Europe.

Rosa Balfour

Rosa Balfour is the director of Carnegie Europe. Her fields of expertise include European politics, institutions, and foreign and security policy.