Who really benefits from America's tech boom?
The great transatlantic economic debate of 2026 continues, this time over producers and users.
Going Transatlantic by Peder Schaefer
A weekly newsletter on the politics, people, and policy linking both sides of the Atlantic.
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Is Europe really falling behind the United States?
A primer on a fascinating debate over the strength of the U.S. and EU economies.
Macron warned Europe could die. But can it become a people?
Trying to strengthen the European Union before strengthening the European demos is putting the cart before the horse.
Tucker Carlson says Europe is an ally?
The MAGA star's remarks in an interview with The Economist show the wildly diverging transatlantic orientations at the heart of the MAGA movement.
From MAGA to "Euromaximalism": The New Right goes transatlantic
Europe's young, mostly male New Right has plenty of similarities with America's New Right too.
Is Belgium the future of Europe?
Europe's linguistic diversity means creating a common political and cultural demos is hard. Belgium — and in particular Brussels — might have the answer.
How risk appetite explains the differences between the U.S. and Europe
In recent decades America's successes, as well as disasters, have been due to exceptional levels of risk-taking. Europe's gone a different path.
US Senate vs. European Parliament
The European Parliament is oft-derided as a second-bit player amongst the European institutions, but a close look shows it's more deliberative than American counterparts
How America came to culturally dominate Europe
Dave Keating's new book The Owned Continent traces the roots of Europe's dependency on America, with a focus on how Europe's become a cultural colony
Timothy Snyder thinks the EU can strengthen the nation
His reflections on American interventionism in Europe, national sovereignty, and freedom.