Trump and EU Defence: A blessing in disguise?1

• International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
• 26/12/2016

After the election of Trump, the High Representative Federica Mogherini stressed the following in a CNN interview: “friendship stays, partnership stays, but EU politics is not determined by US politics”. The emerging unpredictability surrounding the United States (USA) opened up the possibility for the European Union (EU) to play a role as super power.