Just Another Major Crisis? The United States and Europe Since 2000

by Lundestad, Geir

• ISBN13: 9780199552030
• ISBN10: 0199552037
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this book some of the world's leading academic experts on American-European relations provide the most up to date presentations of the topic available today. The Iraq War represented a most serious challenge to American-European relations. Some of the contributors argue that NATO, the key of the Atlantic relationship, has been harmed beyond repair. The Cold War is over; America has become more nationalist than it used to be; Europe has become more independent-minded vis-a-vis the United States. Others argue that the war was just another major crisis, like the many crises that had affected NATO even in its golden years during the Cold War. Recently the relationship has already improved a great deal; it is likely to improve even further. The editor attempts to strike a balance between different interpretations.

Author Biography

Geir Lundestad is the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and a professor of international history at the University of Oslo. He has published numerous books and articles, particularly on the origins of the Cold War and on American-European relations after 1945.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Privileged Partners: The Atlantic Relationship at the End of the Bush Regime	p. 17
Atlantic Orders: The Fundamentals of Change	p. 34
From the Cold War to the War on Terror: Old Threats, New Threats, and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship	p. 58
Unilateralism in US Foreign Policy: What Role does America See for Europe?	p. 77
The US Changing Role and Europe's Transatlantic Dilemmas: Toward an EU Strategic Autonomy?	p. 95
"New Europe" between the United States and "Old Europe"	p. 118
How Well Can Europe and the United States Cooperate on Non-European Issues?	p. 137
Leadership or Partnership? Can Transatlantic Leadership be Shared?	p. 159
Do Economic Trends Unite or Divide the Two Sides of the Atlantic?	p. 182
Worlds Apart? The United States, Europe, and the Cultural Ties that Bind Them	p. 210
Can the Circle Be Unbroken? Public Opinion and the Transatlantic Rupture	p. 231
Where are American-European Relations Heading? A View from the United States	p. 250
The Rise of the European Union and its Impact on the US-EU Partnership: A View from Europe	p. 271
Conclusion: The United States and Europe: Just Another Crisis?	p. 298
Index	p. 325
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