A panel discussion in the run-up to the US elections at the IEG. The panelists are Prof. Dr. Mita Banerjee from the Obama Institute of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Prof. Dr. Philipp Gassert from the University of Mannheim, and Andrew Hammel, an US-american Lawyer, author, freelance translator, and journalist. Apl. Prof. Dr. John Wood, IEG, will moderate the discussion. Event language is German. Participation is possible (free of charge) on site or online. Please register via info@ieg-mainz.de; we will be happy to send you an online link. A cooperation between the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) and the State Centre for Political Education, Rhineland Palatine (LpB). On 5 November, a new president will be elected in the USA, an election that could have a significant impact on relations with Europe and on developments in Europe itself. In our panel discussion on 23 October, we would like to shed light on the key areas that will shape European-American relations in the coming decade. Despite many differences and recurring tensions, Europe and America have managed to build a significant post-war partnership, encompassing military, economic and cultural elements. As leaders of the ‘West’ - as many saw it - they shaped a world order that appeared to be a stable world system at the end of the 1990s. An expanding economic liberalism, progressive cultural developments, a rules-based diplomatic order and an increasingly borderless, digital world culture characterised this ‘world order’. In the 21st century, this order seems to have begun to falter. Growing threats - and outright aggression - from Russia, China and Iran, the increasingly successful political extremes on both sides of the Atlantic and potentially divergent political interests have revealed new tensions in the transatlantic consensus. In some cases, the challenges on both sides are similar (whether in relation to immigration, Chinese competition, technological change or global warming) but are being addressed in different ways. In other cases, events have revealed fundamental asymmetries (e.g. in terms of military power) that, while not new, have taken on a new urgency in the face of a more dangerous threat environment.