Proposals for “economic NATO” & all sorts of supply chain and energy transitions have to face domestic #doorstep realities that @JLPartnersPolls did for #AFF22 (@FutureAtlantic) that such proposals are harder to move when majorities in both 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 feel financial insecurities 1/
both at the personal level (52% in 🇬🇧 & 66% in 🇺🇸) but also at the country-national level. This suggests major new initiatives for regionalization will face political headwinds. 2/
Tying this to the ongoing discussion between @Judah_Grunstein @PatPorter76 & @EmmaMAshford about a U.S. global role and its link to the dollar, #AFF22 (@FutureAtlantic) convos must connect these expansive plans to domestic fault lines & skepticism about the #doorstep benefits. 3/
Especially the case when so many of these slogans (e.g. “economic NATO”) lack specific details which can address or assuage those concerns. 4/
And U.S. approach now seems to focus on frameworks tinkering at the edges (as we see with a post-trans-Pacific partnership approach) rather than broad agreements and especially offering more market access. Unlikely we’ll see any comprehensive UK-U.S. FTA, for instance. 5/

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