The new President of the United States Donald Trump will pay minimum attention to traditional transatlantic partnership with the European NATO allies, focusing on strengthening the industrial and military power of the United States, said M.Gonchar.
In his comments on Donald Trump's inaugural speech he pointed out that there is no word about Europe or the North Atlantic Alliance in the first speech of the new President of the United States; he also admitted that Washington might narrow the circle of its actual allies.
"Trump does not see Europe; he has no transatlantic vision. But this is hardly a reason for cheering in Moscow and Beijing because Trump thinks within the framework: "America first". But you can't be the first, when you are the only one. You are the first if there are others and you lead them. Therefore, Trump will reconsider this approach later on; however, this does not mean that his Alliance will include all those who are in NATO today," he said.
"Rather, the circle of allies will be limited to traditional Anglo-Saxon format (Canada, UK, Australia), separately Israel, as well as Asian format: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. If the United States in Trump's era decides that it is time to teach Iran, North Korea, Russia or China a lesson, it will be chosen or created one or the other format," the expert says.
Gonchar draws attention to the fact that Trump specified the fight against "Islamic State" as the main priority of his foreign policy. His program involves theses on strengthening the Armed Forces and intelligence agencies, as well as development of US cyber capabilities.
"But no word about NATO, transatlantic solidarity, the Helsinki final act of the CSCE, which is signed by the US and upon which the peace in Europe has been rest. The latter may mean that the principles do not work longer, but interests and power are at stake", he concluded.
According to the analyst, as a result of such policy we can expect trends to weakening American influence in Europe with the subsequent fragmentation of the EU as well as encouraging appearance of dangerous for Europe Russian-German-French Alliance.
For the record: Donald Trump was sworn in as the President of the United States on Friday, January 20, succeeding Barack Obama.
On the evening of January 20, the Press Office of the White House reported that Donald Trump's administration intended to take a number of important decisions in foreign policy. In particular - to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as to reach independence from OPEC.
Read the comments of well-known experts in the field of international relations and security about Donald Trump's inaugural speech in the article "Trump: America above all else" in the newspaper “Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Ukraine".
Source: DT. UA
