Cyber attacks, climate deadlock and a Russia-Nato conflict all rank among European selectors’ biggest geopolitical fears for 2025, but strategic competition between the US and China is the top worry.
On Monday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the US. The country’s foreign policy has enormous influence on geopolitics around the world, as evidenced recently in its involvement in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
But even before 20 January, Trump has been making waves through proclamations on Panama, Canada and Greenland. This is not to mention his campaign pledge that brokering a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war would be a ‘Day One’ priority.