The Good Fight The Good Fight Club: Can Europe Control Its Fate?
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Dec 13, 2025 
Timothy Garton Ash, a historian and author, critiques Trump’s vision for a weak Europe while emphasizing the need for Europe to be more self-reliant, especially in defending Ukraine. Sabina Ćudić, a Bosnian parliamentarian, connects U.S. interests with the destabilization of the Balkans, warning against flawed peace deals. Nathalie Tocci, director of a prominent think tank, discusses Europe's potential to develop a cohesive security identity and the urgent need for political vision to reinvigorate its agency in global affairs.
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US Strategy Seeks A Divided Europe
- The Trump national security strategy frames the world as competing empires and seeks to weaken and divide Europe.
- Nathalie Tocci warns the strategy is coherent and aims to disintegrate the EU by supporting illiberal forces.
A Historic Shift In US Support
- Timothy Garton Ash argues the document explicitly backs an anti-liberal, xenophobic Europe, a historical first for US policy.
- He highlights racialized language about Europe becoming 'majority non-European' as startling and strategic.
Business Interests Behind Weakening EU
- Sabina Ćudić links US strategic aims to business interests that prefer a weakened EU with lower regulatory standards.
- She cites energy projects in Bosnia as examples where US corporate interests clash with EU environmental standards.
