The Future of Transatlantic Relations
About
The United States and Europe are in a period of transformation and redefinition of their relationship to each other, and to world order, that is likely to be profound. TLN is committed to address contemporary challenges and future prospects of this vital partnership through a range of activities, with particular emphasis on the future of NATO, U.S.-EU relations, and continued efforts to advance a Europe whole, free, and at peace.
The Future of NATO
In the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine, NATO is engaged in its greatest transformation since the end of the Cold War. TLN offers regular commentary on the issues.
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Spending, troops and Asia: three ideas for Europe to stabilize NATO, Hans Binnendijk and Daniel S. Hamilton, Defense News
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European and NATO allies hear major shifts in U.S. policies, Daniel S. Hamilton, Interview with The Issue, Voice of America
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Addressing flow security risks in an age of disruption, Daniel S. Hamilton Brookings Institution
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How Europe can build its defense while maintaining US support, by Hans Binnendijk, Daniel S. Hamilton and Alexander Vershbow, Defense News
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Strategic responsibility: Rebalancing European and trans-Atlantic defense, Hans Binnendijk, Daniel S. Hamilton, and Alexander Vershbow, Brookings Institution
- NATO After Madrid: Preparing For an Age of Confrontation and Disruption
- One Plus Four: Charting NATO’s Future in an Age of Disruption
- NATO Task Force
The Transatlantic Economy
TLN President Daniel Hamilton, together with co-author Joseph Quinlan, produce the annual award-winning The Transatlantic Economy 2025 publication, which presents the most up-to-date information on jobs, trade and investment between Europe and the United States. Their work provides the raw material for Thriving Together, an online platform that showcases the deep ties that bind Europe and the United States, including individual profiles for the 50 US states and 30+ European countries.
Featured articles and charts:
Chapter 1 – Peril and Promise: The Transatlantic Economy in 2025
Chapter 2 – The Ties That Bind the Transatlantic Economy
Top Ten Metrics:
- Trade in Goods
- Trade in Services and Overall Trade in Goods and Services
- Investment
- Trade and Investment Synergies
- Foreign Affiliates: Gross Product and Assets
- Foreign Affiliates: Sales and Income
- Jobs
- Innovation
- The Digital Atlantic
- The Transatlantic Energy Economy
Chapter 3 – The Transatlantic Economy and the World
Appendix A – European Commerce and the 50 U.S. States: A State-by-State Comparison
Alabama Florida Kentucky Missouri North Carolina South Dakota
Alaska Georgia Louisiana Montana North Dakota Tennessee
Arizona Hawaii Maine Nebraska Ohio Texas
Arkansas Idaho Maryland Nevada Oklahoma Utah
California Illinois Massachusetts New Hampshire Oregon Vermont
Colorado Indiana Michigan New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia
Connecticut Iowa Minnesota New Mexico Rhode Island Washington
Delaware Kansas Mississippi New York South Carolina West Virginia
Washington, District of Columbia (D.C.) Wisconsin
Appendix B – U.S. Commerce and Europe: A Country-by-Country Comparison
Europe and the United States Czech Republic Ireland Poland Türkiye
The EU+UK and the United States Denmark Italy Portugal Ukraine
The EU27 and the United States Estonia Latvia Romania United Kingdom
Austria Finland Lithuania Slovakia
Belgium France Luxembourg Slovenia
U.S.-EU Relations
The U.S.-EU relationship is among the most complex and multi-layered economic, diplomatic, societal and security relationship that either partner has. Networks of interdependence across the Atlantic have become so dense that they transcend “foreign” relations and reach deeply into our societies. Nonetheless, the two parties struggle to make their relationship truly strategic. TLN explores these issues.
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The Transatlantic Economy 2025, Daniel S. Hamilton and Joseph P. Quinlan, TLN
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The EU has a playbook to derisk from China. Is it working? Daniel S. Hamilton, Brookings Institution
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Who is America’s top commercial partner? (Hint: it’s not China), Daniel S. Hamilton, Brookings Institution
- Transatlantic Technology and Trade Forum
- First Resort: An Agenda for the United States and the European Union
Energy Security
The Transatlantic Leadership Network engages the strategic terrain of energy from different Atlantic angles. This includes: the role of energy in U.S.–European relations; the strategic importance of energy for Central and Eastern Europe and in relations with Russia and Eurasia; the emerging role of the Atlantic Basin as a major global energy reservoir; the importance of Eastern Mediterranean energy discoveries.