Transatlantic Tug-of-War Prospects for US-European Cooperation

by Peters, Ingo

• ISBN13: 9783825898908
• ISBN10: 3825898903
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-11
• Publisher: Lit Verlag

Summary

Within the rhetoric on transatlantic relations the consensus prevails that in order to cope with global challenges, constructive engagement and effective cooperation between the United States and its European partners is required. However, regarding actual policy-making, particularly subsequent to 9/11 and the war in Iraq, conflicting agendas and policies on both sides of the Atlantic are easily discernible. The articles in this book deal with various societal, political and security issues constituting frame and context of the transatlantic relationship - in order to explain the contradiction between declarations and deeds and to evaluate the chances for narrowing the policy gap.

Table of Contents

Instead of a Laudation
Introduction: Contending Versions and Competing Visions of Transatlantic Relations	p. 5
The Foundations of Transatlantic Relations
Manifestations of (Mis-)Understanding: A Transatlantic Value Community in Historical Perspective	p. 53
Rationalist Institutionalism, Constructivism and Transatlantic Relations	p. 77
European Security and Transatlantic Relations
The Crisis of the Transatlantic Security Community	p. 111
America as the 'Other'? Europe's Security and Defense Identity in a Social Identity Perspective	p. 143
A Brief Look at the Recent History of NATO's Future	p. 181
The US New World Order Policy and 'Old Europe'	p. 217
ESDP as a Transatlantic Issue: Problems of Mutual Ambiguity	p. 235
Global Politics and Transatlantic Relations
Regional Conflicts and Transatlantic Relations	p. 273
Economic Security and the Stability Pact for South East Europe	p. 301
Epilogue: Crisis or Cooperation? The Transatlantic Relationship at a Watershed	p. 331
Bibliography of Helga Haftendorn	p. 337
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