For the final, bonus episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Mark Leonard, director of ECFR and host of the “World in 30 Minutes” podcast, about the results of yesterday’s US election. Together they discuss who turned out for Donald Trump and why; what Trump did right and what Kamala Harris did wrong; and how Trump’s choice of personnel for his second administration might impact future policumaking. Aydıntaşbaş and Shapiro share their thoughts on the...

For the ninth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Célia Belin, head of the ECFR Paris office and senior policy fellow and Majda Ruge, ECFR senior policy fellow, about the US election and the different foreign policy tribes within the Democratic and Republican party.   Together, Belin and Ruge discuss the foreign policy divisions within both the Republican and Democratic parties. They explore the various factions and their positions on key foreign...

For the eighth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the US National Security Council, about the future of transatlantic relations and the war in Ukraine after the election.   Hill discusses America’s global leadership and the impact of a smaller US presence in Europe. Sharing her experience from...

For the seventh episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Ed Luce, US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times and author of The Retreat of Western Liberalism about what either a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump victory would mean for America, US foreign policy, and Europe.   Luce discusses his belief that a Trump win would put US constitutional order at stake and details the crisis that would arise, should his mass deportation plan be put into...

For the sixth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro welcome to Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to senator Bernie Sanders. Together, they discuss American policy in the Middle East and the future of progressive foreign policy.   Duss describes the Biden administration’s hesitancy to pressure Binyamin Netanyahu, and how the Democratic Party balances between its progressive and...

For the fifth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Ken Weinstein, Japan chair and former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, about Donald Trump’s outsider perspective, and the similarities and differences in US Indo-Pacific policy in a potential Trump or Kamala Harris administration. Weinstein explains Trump’s desire to restore the American deterrent and reestablish ‘peace through strength.’ He describes Trump’s debate tactics and discusses...

For the third episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Dan Caldwell, public policy advisor at Defense Priorities, about the American foreign policy restrainer movement, the future of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the importance of Trump’s choice of personnel for his potential second administration.   Caldwell examines the impact of America’s recent foreign policy failures on the restrainer movement, the movement’s future, and whether Trump himself is...

For the third episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro continue to take a deeper look at the state of play in the upcoming US presidential election and discuss the implications for Europe. This week, they talk to Norman Eisen, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and former ethics czar in the Obama administration, to discuss the stakes of the presidential race, threats to democracy, the Harris-Walz campaign, and the potential election...

Statistics show that the United States has a robust economy flush with opportunity; but poll after poll of the American public indicates discontent. The 2024 election will be framed by this metaphysical malaise, with Donald Trump and his MAGA movement finding strength in the community of alienated voters. Now Kamala Harris must also secure a narrative which not only addresses the country’s emotional burden, but helps her to form a loyal community of her own. For the second episode of ECFR’s...

The summer of 2024 was the most consequential in recent US political history. Incumbent president Joe Biden ended his campaign for re-election, instead endorsing current vice president, Kamala Harris. Just a few days prior, three-time Republican nominee Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Now, with just two months until election day, there is still all to play for. For the first episode in ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles series, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro...