Evropa a Trump: Mezi válkou a transatlantickým rozvodem

4.03.2026

Between the War and the Transatlantic Decoupling

  A discussion with leading European experts on geopolitics and international relations which takes place a year after Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term, four years after Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, and only two weeks after the Munich Security Conference, which added another chapter to the rollercoaster story of today’s transatlantic relations.

What role does Europe play in the new era of power politics and economic warfare? Are the prospects for the collective West as bleak as they appear in the European media? What role might the ‚healthy nations of Central and Eastern Europe‘ (as they are referred to in the new US National Security Strategy) play in strengthening the future security architecture?

Our guests:

Sławomir Dębski is a leading Polish foreign policy analyst. He is currently a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin. He also co-hosts the hugely popular international policy podcast Ground Zero with Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, the former Chief of Staff of the Polish Armed Forces. He served twice as director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, a major government institution responsible for foreign policy analysis (from 2007 to 2010 and from 2016 to 2024). He was also director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (2011 to 2016). He is the author of Between Berlin and Moscow: German-Soviet Relations, 1939–1941 and Myśl i Strategia.

Ulrich Speck is a foreign policy analyst based in Heidelberg and Brussels. He is currently a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and writes a foreign policy column for the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He worked for several German media outlets and was head of the newsroom at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. In 2006, he was a DAAD fellow at the American-German Institute (AGI) in Washington, DC. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, CNN.com, RealClearWorld, Open Democracy and leading German newspapers and journals. He has co-edited books on the Revolution of 1848, American empire and modern antisemitism. His research interests include German and EU foreign policy, transatlantic relations, and global order.