University of Cambridge

What Should a Reunited West Look Like?

December 09, 2020
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Nearly 80 years ago President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill drew up the statement which became the Atlantic Charter, cementing the transatlantic alliance. Today that alliance is at a low point but is not beyond resurrection. While the Trump presidency brought into stark focus the modern challenges for multilateralism, the promise of a Biden presidency encourages us to consider what a renewed system for action based on shared values would look like and whether we want one. If this is a time of re-making alliances, what do they need to look like to be practical and acceptable, and what is their purpose?