Hajnalka Vincze: Transatlantic Relations: The Biden Opportunity and Its Limits

CímHajnalka Vincze: Transatlantic Relations: The Biden Opportunity and Its Limits
Közlemény típusaKonferencia kiadvány / Conference Paper
Év / Year2020
SzerzőkVincze, Hajnalka
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True to form, the 2020 U.S. presidential elections triggered an avalanche of passions in transatlantic relations. Anxiety amounting to the simple question “Will they love us again, will they not?” was widespread on the European side. Unfortunately, this kind of approach only reinforces the decades-long emotional roller-coaster matrix of the Euro-American bond. It feeds into the unending oscillation between resounding “quarrels” and spectacular “reconciliations”. This is a nefarious spiral, because the more we strive to showcase our alleged harmony, the more even minor clashes will look like a tragedy. And the more those clashes are perceived as world-shattering, the more we must insist on harmony, in order to return back to “normal”, i.e. to another round on the roller-coaster ride.

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Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary - online webinar series organised by the Hungarian Europe Society -
Second Debate: Transatlantic ties: American - (Central) European relations after the 2020 United States presidential election 3 December 2020, Thursday 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. (CET)

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