Europe, America, Bush: Transatlantic Relations in the Twenty-First Century

by Peterson,John; Peterson,John

• ISBN13: 9780415309424
• ISBN10: 0415309425
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The transatlantic partnership has been one of the most enduring of all international alliances. Even after the Cold War ended, the United States and its European partners intensified their economic and foreign policy cooperation, with Europe increasingly seeking to be a united, single partner acting through the European Union. However, long before war in Iraq threatened to rupture both the transatlantic alliance and the EU's common foreign policy, two landmark events - the election of George W. Bush and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 - raised profound new questions about U.S. - European relations. The new Bush Administration quickly showed itself to be sharply at odds with both its predecessor and its European allies on issues such as missile defense, climate change and relations with Russia and China. The policy focus of transatlantic relations was then suddenly transformed by the September 11 terrorist attacks and the declaration of a War on Terrorism. In this book, American andEuropean experts assess transatlantic relations on matters of foreign and security policy, economic diplomacy, justice and internal security cooperation, environmental policy and relations with Russia, the Balkans and the Middle East.Europe, America, Bushis the first study of underlying elements of continuity in the transatlantic relationship, as well as new and powerful forces for change. It offers a definitive assessment of whether, and how much, the election of George W. Bush, the events of September 11 and conflict over Iraq mark genuine and lasting change in transatlantic relations.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
List of contributors	viii
Preface and acknowledgements	ix
List of abbreviations	xi
Introduction: Europe, America, Bush	1	(12)
John Peterson
Mark A. Pollack
Foreign and defence policy cooperation	13	(16)
Jolyon Howorth
Trade and economic relations	29	(18)
Matthew Baldwin
John Peterson
Bruce Stokes
Justice and internal security	47	(12)
Wyn Rees
Transatlantic environmental relations	59	(10)
Daniel Bodansky
US and European perspectives on Russia	69	(16)
Margot Light
The US and Europe in the Balkans	85	(14)
John Peterson
The Middle East: focus of discord?	99	(16)
Costanza Musu
William Wallace
Unilateral America, multilateral Europe?	115	(13)
Mark A. Pollack
Conclusion: the end of transatlantic partnership?	128	(15)
John Peterson
Mark A. Pollack
Bibliography	143	(12)
Index	155