2025 /SPOT LIGHT Christos Katsioulis Margarete Lengger November 2024 What‘America made great again’ might mean for European security: foreign policy views and priorities among a divided American electorate About Security Radar 2025 For Security Radar 2025, the FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace polled 14 countries in Septem ­ber 2024 on public attitudes towards foreign policy and security questions. FES polls countries under the aegis of Security Radar at regular intervals. More information can be found on our website. Introduction The United States has voted. In January 2025, Do­nald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president. This event is hotly anticipated by a global audience, as the repercussions of US elections are felt nearly everywhere in the world. This is especially true of Europe. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Fe­bruary 2022, the United States has taken on an even more central role in European security. Washington has been coordinating support for Kyiv and streng­thening NATO deterrence of Russia. What US enga­gement on the European continent might look like after this election was one of the most worrisome issues in Europe in the run-up to 5 November 2024. While it remains to be seen how key positions in the new government will be filled, a look at the foreign policy views of American voters might help us defi ­ne the cornerstones of the direction to be chosen by the coming administration. For Security Radar 2025, we polled 14 countries, including Russia, in Septem­ber 2024 on a number of issues surrounding Euro­pean security. The same poll was previously con­ducted in 2022 and 2021. A look at the results in the United States, sometimes in comparison with European data, may help us understand the general mood and the background against which President Trump will pursue his foreign policy over the next four years. It also sheds light on a polarised society and the deep divides between US voters, which the new administration will have to contend with. 1