America Votes 2024: The Transatlantic Impact
GMF covers two important aspects of the 2024 US presidential election: the transatlantic impact and autocratic threats to US democracy.
In the United States, autocratic actors—foreign and domestic—are using information manipulation, malign finance, artificial intelligence, and vulnerabilities in election infrastructure to achieve geopolitical aims, profit financially, or stoke chaos. In Europe, the outcome of November’s vote will significantly impact the transatlantic partnership and other alliances just as the global order is shifting.
This page collects selected articles by GMF experts addressing the impact of the 2024 US election on transatlantic policy debates, and it offers insights into evolving threats to US democracy.
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The US Election: Europe Reacts
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November 8, 2024
Trump's reelection is forcing the EU to accelerate a dual reflection on the new security model for the continent and its role in the competition...
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November 6, 2024
Germany is caught between two elections. The results of the US vote have raised the alarm in Berlin, and Germans are wondering if domestic...
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November 6, 2024
The US election results will strengthen French President Emmanuel Macron’s resolve to build a more autonomous Europe. ...
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November 6, 2024
Europe was not taken by surprise. Policy circles in and around the EU have been preparing themselves for a potential Donald Trump victory for some...
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November 6, 2024
During the 2020 US election cycle, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly endorsed Donald Trump and deliberately delayed a congratulatory...
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November 6, 2024
Donald Trump’s victory will have a profound impact on Poland’s security environment as well as on Polish domestic politics....
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November 6, 2024
Ukraine’s reaction to Donald Trump’s victory is marked by uncertainty and anxiety, but the language of the official response is calm....
Transatlantic impact of the elections
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October 25, 2024
The EU must take the lead in further integrating the Balkans into Europe....
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October 29, 2024
The United States has engaged heavily in Romania over the years. Now Bucharest must do more in the Black Sea region, and not just given the...
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October 30, 2024
What do Americans think about their forthcoming presidential election and how might their foreign policy views affect their views of the candidates?...
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October 23, 2024
While the US presidential campaign draws global attention, the upcoming congressional elections on November 5 will significantly affect Europeans, too...
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October 23, 2024
The United States recognizes India as a key geopolitical partner. New Delhi does not want that to change....
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October 11, 2024
The complexities of the information space are eroding trust in election processes....
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October 11, 2024
Intensifying the partnership between Sofia and Washington is the only way to prevent democratic backsliding and greater Russian influence in Bulgaria....
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September 27, 2024
The 2024 elections are unlikely to change the fundamentals of US Africa policy. ...
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September 5, 2024
Regardless of the American presidential election’s winner, US-China relations are likely to remain fraught as the two countries intensify their...
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August 26, 2024
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August 16, 2024
A potential Harris-Walz victory in the upcoming US presidential election would offer breathing space for Europe to strengthen its defense capabilities...
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July 23, 2024
The results of the US elections in November will impact Washington’s policy towards the EU across virtually all policy areas. The new EU Commission...
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June 24, 2024
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June 20, 2024
For Türkiye, each of the two main US presidential contenders offers advantages and disadvantages....
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May 23, 2024
The upcoming US presidential election is viewed in Berlin as especially consequential, with concerns over a return of Donald Trump to the White House...
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May 22, 2024
The outcome of the 2024 US elections will define the options for cooperation and competition in the US-French relationship in the coming years....
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April 23, 2024
The very existence of US grand strategy, let alone its contours, will turn on the outcome of the country’s November presidential elections. ...
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April 22, 2024
British foreign policy goals will remain the same after upcoming UK and US elections but achieving them may become much harder....
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March 28, 2024
Polish-American relations are undergoing an evolution, especially when it comes to the expectation of the United States’ long-term commitment to...
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March 25, 2024
Over the past several years, the U.S. defense budget has become a political football between Congressional factions pitting “America First”...
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February 20, 2024
Americans will vote—and shape the future of transatlantic relations....
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February 19, 2024
This year’s American vote will shape the transatlantic partnership in multiple areas....
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January 19, 2024
Foreign policy has rarely been a preoccupation for American voters. But the Biden administration’s approach to events in the Middle East could prove...
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January 11, 2024
In launching GMF’s US elections series, this piece contrasts the expected Biden/Democratic and Trump/Republican positions on three of the issues GMF...
Autocratic threats to US democracy
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October 30, 2024
Despite TikTok’s ongoing national security risks, 2024 candidates in US House, Senate, gubernatorial, and secretary of state races continue to use the...
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November 1, 2024
Americans vote in this year’s consequential presidential election in an environment marked by growing threats, including the weaponization of...
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January 11, 2024
This year’s US presidential primaries will determine who will lead the country come January 2025 amid growing autocratic threats to American democracy...
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January 24, 2024
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February 13, 2024
As the 2024 US presidential and congressional elections approach, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to further undermine public...
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March 27, 2023
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