Policy Briefs

C. Bastasin: INVENTING EUROPE’S SOFT AND HARD POWERS

President Trump’s election was received in the Western world – Europe in particular - with a sense of apprehension about the future of democracy. Initially, the alarm was mostly a consequence of the peculiar personality of the new president who used scathing tones in dialogue, was disrespectful to the formalities of confrontation in the democratic context, as well as allergic to constraints, checks and balances.

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