Trump’s ‘shock therapy’ approach to Europe has “broken decades of strategic complacency and forced long-postponed decisions on defense, trade, and autonomy,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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Trump’s ‘shock therapy’ approach to Europe has “broken decades of strategic complacency and forced long-postponed decisions on defense, trade, and autonomy,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
At the IMF-World Bank annual meetings, cautious optimism about the global economy was tempered by what could come next, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
Recent gatherings in China and France revealed that competing international orders are crystallizing. The question is not only which vision will prevail, but also what role the US will play, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
“To face down Putin, Trump won’t have to risk a US military action within Russian territory. He merely needs to apply the leverage of the US and European economies,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
The EU is waking up to the threat posed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his battle-hardened army, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
But will it be enough?
“At very little risk, turning the screws on Putin would provide Trump further wins at low cost,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
“He could silence those who continue to argue that some tawdry relationship with Russia explains his reluctance to punish Putin.”
As the NATO summit begins, “President Trump has it within his grasp to bring his Middle East success story to Europe and apply its deterrence lessons to Putin,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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After lifting Syria sanctions and semiconductor restrictions, President Trump now has a historic opportunity to cement his Middle East successes by calling Putin’s bluff, writes Fred Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
At the Atlantic Council on Wednesday, 🇪🇺 Valdis Dombrovskis laid out a sound and compelling approach for a continent where rules-based international order has been an antidote to its bloody past, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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In talks with Russia, US negotiators should put NATO membership for Ukraine back into the mix, both because history has shown it is the region’s most effective security guarantee and because it provides Trump with powerful leverage, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tempestuous recent meeting at the White House was a window into a larger transformation of world order by US President Donald Trump, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
While President Trump’s first weeks in office have his allies reeling and Americans uncertain as they sort out his torrent of executive orders, Beijing is orchestrating a masterclass of reinvention and resolve, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
Trump has an opportunity to cement his place in history and preserve the gains of the post–World War II era, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
But any perceived or actual sellout to Putin would leave an indelible stain US global leadership.
Reports of an AI breakthrough by Chinese company DeepSeek should be a wake-up call for the US, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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“With Trump far more prominent on the global stage than ever before, Davos participants know he must be taken more seriously than ever before, and perhaps even more literally, as both a symptom and an architect of our changing times,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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Secretary Blinken’s speech at the Atlantic Council on Tuesday was an audacious message that challenges all Middle East parties to seize the historic opportunities before them to achieve lasting peace and regional integration, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
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“It’s hard to predict where the Middle East’s ongoing seismic shifts will leave the region following the collapse of the Syrian regime,” writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
“What’s already clear, however, is that Israel and Turkey are the big winners.”
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria last week reveals larger weaknesses in Russia and Iran, writes Frederick Kempe in #InflectionPoints.
These vulnerabilities present the incoming President, Donald Trump, with a historic opportunity of global consequence early in his second term.
We are already seeing examples of the global “Trump effect” as the incoming president articulates his goals and the world responds to them.
In #InflectionPoints, Frederick Kempe tracks the early returns on China, Iran, Ukraine, and NATO: