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Over the course of the presidential campaign, he has also emphasized his desire to strengthen allies, to confront illiberalism, and to rejoin the United States in the Paris climate accord. [...] December 2020 | THE TIES THAT BIND 23 Russia’s strategic challenge to the West In the Euro-Atlantic area, it is Russia that mounts the most profound geopo- litical challenge, posing an acute military threat to the alliance’s northeastern front and its members in the Black Sea region. [...] Terrorism, mass migration and new emerging threats To the supreme threat of geopolitical competition comes the concerning fra- gility and insecurity of Europe’s neighbourhood, mostly in Libya, Iraq and Syria but also in farther theatres such as the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan – where Russia and to a lesser degree China exploit instability and aggravate the situation. [...] Despite the growing political disengagement and indifference of the Trump administration, the United States today still does most of the heavy-lifting in the alliance. [...] In Germany, it is of paramount importance for the government and the for- eign and security policy community to go out to the public and more carefully explain the strategic risks we all face, in order to build public support for the necessary steps to deal with them.