Samuel Dreessen

writer at EUReflect

Contributing writer at EUReflect.

Articles by Samuel Dreessen

  • From COMECON to the SCO: Eurasia’s Transformation

    From COMECON to the SCO: Eurasia’s Transformation

    This study examines continuity and change in Eurasian multilateralism from COMECON and the Warsaw Pact to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Unlike its Soviet-era predecessors, the SCO adopts a flexible and pragmatic model linking security and economic development. However, this flexibility also limits the organization’s ability to manage internal disputes such as Kashmir and Afghanistan. The SCO is best understood not as a fully formed alternative order, but as an evolving experiment in Eurasian multilateralism.

    politics
  • From Budapest to Washington: Trump’s Ukraine Policy and the Emerging U.S. Strategic Outlook

    From Budapest to Washington: Trump’s Ukraine Policy and the Emerging U.S. Strategic Outlook

    The article examines the shifting dynamics of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration, focusing on the Russia–Ukraine war and Washington’s evolving diplomatic and strategic posture. Following the announcement—and subsequent denial—of a Trump–Putin summit in Budapest, the administration’s approach has alternated between negotiation and deterrence, illustrating the contours of what analysts are calling the emerging “Trump Doctrine.” This doctrine emphasizes selective engagement, reducing U.S. exposure in Europe while reinforcing strategic interests in other regions. The piece explores how domestic political pressures, alliance dynamics, and battlefield realities in Ukraine have shaped U.S. decision-making, revealing a foreign policy defined by strategic ambiguity and recalibration rather than coherent withdrawal.

    politics