Issued on: 30/04/2026 - 16:08Modified: 30/04/2026 - 16:12

Amid fresh transatlantic tensions surrounding Iran, NATO, and US troops in Germany, Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Dr Christopher Featherstone, Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of York. Dr Featherstone sees a strained alliance caught between performance and paralysis. He describes Trump as not simply erratic, but as deliberately “provocative” and “unpredictable,” arguing that “there is a fear on the European side when it comes to this Trump administration in just how unpredictable he is: You don't want to signal a willingness to get involved when you don't know where that involvement is going to lead."

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