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What do the United States offensive in the Middle East, Carlos III’s speech in Washington and the Portuguese Government’s caution about the real state of transatlantic relations reveal? What margin does Europe have to gain autonomy in a context of American unpredictability? Pedro Cordeiro, Rita Dinis and Vítor Matos talk to Hélder Gomes
The past week has been marked by a succession of high-level events related to diplomacy and defense, at a time of increasing uncertainty in transatlantic relations. Lisbon hosted strategic forums, Washington maintained deliberate ambiguity and Europe once again talked about strategic autonomy.
At the Luso-American Development Foundation, the United States ambassador to NATO praised Portugal in a tone that contrasts with the criticism directed at other allies. At the La Toja Forum, differences in tone were also evident, but on another level: while minister Paulo Rangel avoided direct references to the United States or international law, former holders of the Foreign Affairs portfolio made scathing criticisms of Washington.
The journalist Vitor Matos highlights the “speech full of diplomatic subtleties” by the current head of Portuguese diplomacy, who took “maximum care in his rhetoric” so as not to generate retaliatory effects on the part of the United States. Rita Dinisalso a Politics journalist at Expresso, frames Rangel’s restraint and the detachment of former ministers Augusto Santos Silva and Paulo Portas as expected, since “in diplomacy every little word counts”.
To Pedro CordeiroDonald Trump’s ambiguity aims to “confuse the interlocutor” and reflects a transactional logic of reward and punishment. A model that forces Europe to prepare for a prolonged scenario of instability, since, even with another tenant in the White House, “things will not go back to normal.” status quo before”.Still in terms of transatlantic relations – and, by the way, subtleties –, the editor of the International section of Expresso also analyzes the visit of Carlos III to the United States.
The World at Your Feet and the podcast weekly in the International section of Expresso. The debate is conducted on a rotating basis between journalists Ana França, Catarina Maldonado Vasconcelos, Hélder Gomes, Mara Tribuna and Pedro Cordeiro.
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