Europe’s Global Dilemma: Strategic Autonomy or Isolation?

The international order is changing – but how, and for whom? 

On this episode of Across the Pond, GPPi’s Amanda Pridmore and fellow FOTAR fellow Nathalie Frisch discuss the US’s move away from multilateralism and Europe’s role in an increasingly post-Western world. Drawing on her research on strategic narratives, Amanda argues that the EU’s greatest challenge is staying legitimate as it seeks out new partners in the Global South, and that this starts with rethinking how it tells its story of the future.

Across the Pond is a podcast series on the future of transatlantic relations by the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung and the Europa Kolleg Hamburg. This episode first aired on Across the Pond on October 22, 2026.