“Regardless of who becomes president of the United States, there is a growing understanding that Ukraine should rely more on Europe in the future, not only in terms of its development as a future member of the EU, but also in terms of security.”

Alyona Getmanchuk, the Director of the New Europe Center, contributed to the paper “How Europe is preparing for Trump II. European Perspectives on potential consequences and the policy areas most affected”, prepared by the leading German think tank SWP (German Institute for International and Security Affairs).

In order to get a better understanding of the different views across the continent, the SWP has brought together experts from 19 different European countries, both inside and outside the EU/NATO, to report on the thinking in their capitals on a potential second Trump presidency. Each were given the following questions: