Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305233 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 45/2024
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The idea that US power underpins international security remains deeply anchored in today's US political elite. Ultimately, this idea also lies at the heart of US-led alliances, including NATO. But the three pillars of Pax Americana - US military strength, the country's economic openness and the liberal-democratic foundations of American foreign policy - have, in fact, been crumbling for some time. The outcome of the US elections on 5 November 2024 may accelerate or deaccelerate these trends, but it will not fundamentally reverse them. Against this backdrop, Germany and the other allies will have to ensure that transatlantic relations are put on a new footing after the elections. And this is regardless of whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the ballot.
Subjects: 
Pax Americana
US Elections
NATO
Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
international security
liberal-democratic values
Russia
Ukraine
China
Taiwan Strait
military power
economic power
Middle East
geoeconomic thinking
G7 countries
European Union
foreign policy
transatlantic relations
Indo-Pacific
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