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Transatlantic Tensions - The Agenda

Updated 2026.03.28 21:55 GMT+8
The Agenda

The US-Israeli attacks on Iran appear to have opened a new fault line in the relationship between the West's two largest power blocs - Europe and America.

Things were already tense with continuing rows over trade tariffs, the conflict in Ukraine and the future of Greenland. But the bombing of Iran has caused what German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called "a profound rupture" in relations.

So have we reached a breaking point? And what might this fracture mean for the future?

Joining Juliet Mann on this edition of The Agenda are Mark Laity, Director at The StratCom Academy; Adam Weinstein, Deputy Director of the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute and Anoush Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations at Durham University.

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