Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attend the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25, 2025. Photo: OSV News /Ludovic Marin, pool via Reuters. I’ve been taking part in the annual conference of the Council for European Studies (CES) at Temple University, Philadelphia, June 25-27. The theme this year is ‘Legacies and Ruptures: Making Sense of Europe’ and within that there’s a special focus on the transatlantic relationship. I gave a presentation on Day 1 entitled, ‘An Ocean Apart:…
