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    LSE: The Ballpark | EU-China relations in the Trump era with Noah Barkin

    08/06/2026 | 34 mins.
    The last two decades have seen significant growth in the relationship between China and the EU. Now, China is the EU’s biggest import and third-largest export partner. But this relationship is becoming increasingly one sided.
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    LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor Nathalie Tocci

    26/05/2026 | 28 mins.
    While Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful elsewhere as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East, the exception is Europe which Trump seems to want to divide and weaken.
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    LSE: The Ballpark | China under siege: how Beijing sees the United States with Dr Yu Jie

    11/05/2026 | 26 mins.
    The last decade has seen a period of prolonged competition between the US and China with China continuing to grow economically and pursue technological self-reliance while the US attempts to hinder this growth through measures like export controls.
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    LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor Kathleen McNamara

    27/04/2026 | 34 mins.
    Donald Trump’s first presidential term meant that many allies, including in the EU and Europe, were forced to consider the possibility that the United States could no longer be a reliable partner in global affairs.
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    LSE: The Ballpark | American foreign policy in the age of Trump with Professor Walter Russell Mead

    13/04/2026 | 32 mins.
    To talk about Donald Trump’s foreign policy, in February 2026 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Walter Russell Mead
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The Ballpark is the LSE US Centre's regular podcast on the politics and policy of the United States. Through features and interviews with academics from the LSE and elsewhere, The Ballpark looks more closely into what's going on behind the headlines.
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