Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s Bullying and Europe’s Response
About this episode
Francis Fukuyama discusses Trump's bullying tactics and their implications for Europe and global politics.
“The Europeans have been in this alliance [NATO] to protect themselves, largely from Russia and other aggressors. And now it has an aggressor within the gates, so to speak. And that’s quite an extraordinary situation.” So argues the eminent political thinker Francis Fukuyama, who begins with his assessment of Trump’s bullying of Denmark and Western Europe in recent days. In a thought-provoking tour d’horizon Conversation, Fukuyama shares his perspective not only on Greenland but on a world in crisis more generally, covering Ukraine, Europe, China, Japan, as well as developments in the United States. As he puts it, in bracing terms: “Trump is doing the same thing domestically that he’s doing internationally. He’s trying to erode all the existing constraints on his ability to use power.”
People in this episode
Host: Bill Kristol
Guest: Francis Fukuyama
Topics covered
- Trump's bullying
- Europe's response
- NATO
- international relations
- political power
- global crisis
Keywords
- Trump
- Fukuyama
- NATO
- Europe
- bullying
- international relations
- political power
- global crisis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NATO
Places: Denmark, Europe, Ukraine, China, Japan, United States
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