The Transatlantic Divide Foreign and Security Policies in the Atlantic Alliance from Kosovo to Iraq

by Croci, Osvaldo; Verdun, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780719065064
• ISBN10: 0719065062
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-17
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

The period between the military intervention in Serbia and that in Iraq has been a particularly turbulent one for transatlantic security relations. Is the malaise currently affecting the transatlantic Alliance more serious than ever in the past, and if so why? Will differences in the assessment of how to provide order and stability in the international system as well as in the evaluation of threats and how to respond to them mark the end of the transatlantic Alliance? Or will the US, NATO, the EU and EU member states work together to pacify, stabilise and rebuild troublesome areas? For the transatlantic Alliance to endure, the US has to make sure that its 'assertive leadership' does not degenerate into 'arrogant unilateralism', while Europeans must accept that the further the problems are from their immediate neighbourhood the less significant their political voice and ability to influence outcomes will be. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Osvaldo Croci is Associate Professor of International and European Studies at Memorial University, St. John’s. Amy Verdun is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Victoria.

Table of Contents

List of tables	vii
List of contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
List of abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(8)
Osvaldo Croci and Amy Verdun
Part I The international context
1 Transatlantic security relations from Kosovo to Iraq	9	(10)
Stanley R. Sloan
2 NATO after Atlanticism
David Long	19	(17)
3 Which Venus? A normative reading of the transatlantic divide	36	(13)
Sonia Lucarelli
4 From out of adversity: Kosovo, Iraq and ESDP	49	(15)
Anand Menon
5 Kosovo, Iraq and the evolution of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention	64	(13)
Francis K. Abiew
6 Managing multilateralism? EU–US relations and the challenges of regime building in South-eastern Europe	77	(15)
Lenard J. Cohen
7 Kosovo and Iraq: two test cases for the partnership between post-Soviet Russia and the West	92	(17)
Isabelle Facon
Part II The domestic contexts
8 From compellence to pre-emption: Kosovo and Iraq as US responses to contested hegemony	109	(17)
Michael Wallack
9 Competing for leadership in West European defence: France, Great Britain and the wars in Kosovo and Iraq	126	(16)
Alex Macleod
10 Between Kosovo and Iraq: changing paradigms of German foreign and security policy?	142	(17)
Udo Diedrichs
11 A tale of two coalitions: Italy faces Kosovo and Iraq	159	(14)
Osvaldo Croci
12 The neutral states and the challenge of ESDP: Kosovo, Iraq and the transatlantic divide	173	(17)
Nicholas Rees
13 A change of road: Canadian foreign policy from Kosovo to Iraq	190	(16)
Bill McGrath
Conclusion	206	(5)
Osvaldo Croci and Amy Verdun
Bibliography	211	(18)
Index	229