It’s an uphill battle for the Trump administration to convince the EU that the US will not abandon its Western allies.
Martin Reardon
Martin Reardon is a Senior Vice President with The Soufan Group, a New York-based strategic security and intelligence consultancy, and Senior Director... of Qatar International Academy for Security Studies. He is a 21-year veteran of the FBI, and specialised in counterterrorism operations.
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