Life of the party: Democrats and the search for a post-Trump future – European Council on Foreign Relations

SS: Long, but worth a read. This is essentially a broad analysis of the camps in the democratic party fighting for control now and leading up to the presidential elections from a European point of view. It divides the democratic party into three camps: revolutionaries, renovators, and revivalists. These are archetypes, and so not everyone fits neatly into one category. They are described by ECFR below and there are specific examples in the analysis:

>The **revolutionaries** argue that the political and economic system that drives America has always been unjust and was built to concentrate wealth at the top. Therefore, the way to fix America is to enact large, structural change. The **renovators** argue that the democratic system of government was largely built to benefit all Americans but has been corrupted by money and captured interests. Their proposed remedy is to root out large-scale corruption, rebalancing the economic and political systems to the benefit of middle- and working-class Americans. The **revivalists** argue that increased partisanship, fuelled by Trump and the MAGA-aligned right, has divided the country and undermined the collaborative bipartisanship that is necessary for the functioning of the system and its institutions. They are focused on reinvigorating those institutions, reviving the post-war international order and rebuilding political bridges, all of which they see as the path back to peace and prosperity.

The analysis looks at what the key focus is for these groups in five foreign policy areas 1) affordability and trade, 2) the use of military force, 3) China and great power competition, 4) Israel, and 5) Europe and European Security.

It concludes that Europe and the transatlantic relationship is barely on the radar for the Democratic party, and as such, it is on Europe to try and rebuild it if they do not want to be overlooked by the Americans if the democrats come to power again. So, Europeans need to engage with all democratic party members to build relationships now, and come with proposals for a future transatlantic partnership that appeals to the democratic party. Four proposals for that include 1) A “fair trade” agenda, 2) a joint framework for AI, 3) a rebalanced NATO, and 4) educational, research and cultural exchanges.

!ping EU

Could someone ping some of the American groups relevant for this?