EU-US Relations: Repairing the Transatlantic Rift

by N. Kotzias, P. Liacouras

Overview

EU-US Relations offers answers to the major questions of the future of transatlantic relations and includes almost 30 contributions from prominent worldwide scholars that assess the state of EU-US relations after the war in Iraq. These articles were commissioned at the meeting of the 25 EU Foreign Ministers at Rhodes in May 2003.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403935205
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/28/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

GILLES ANDRÉANI Former Head of Policy Planning in the French Foreign Ministry and Adjunct Professor at Paris II University, Fellow of the IISS, France DAVID ANDREWS Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy EMILIOS AVGOULEAS Lecturer in International Business Transactions, University of Piraeus SCOTT BARRETT Professor of Environmental Economics and International Political Economy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA DICK BENSCHOP Vice-President for Shell Energy Europe TOM BENTLEY President of Demos, UK CHRISTOPH BERTRAM Director of the German Institute for International Politics and Security, Berlin, Germany JAN DIRK BLAAUW Political & Economic Consultant, EWPPP, Netherlands ELMAR BROK Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament JOHN BRUTON European Union's ambassador to the U.S. TED GALEN CARPENTER Vice President for Foreign Policy and Defence Studies, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C., USA DIMITRI CONSTAS Professor of International Relations and Director, Institute of International Relations, Panteion University, Athens, Greece THEODORE A. COULOUMBIS Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Athens University and Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for Defence and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece KEMAL DERVIS Member of the Turkish Parliament (Republican Peoples' Party) A.A. FATOUROS Professor Emeritus of International Economic Law, University of Athens, Greece TIMOTHY GARTON ASH Director, European Studies Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, UK BRONISLAW GEREMEK Head of the Chair of European Civilization at the College of Europe, Natolin Campus, Warsaw MISHA GLENNY Author and award-winning journalist ALAN K. HENRIKSON Professor of International Relations and Director, The Fletcher Roundtable, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA CHRISTOPHER HILL Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK STANLEY HOFFMANN Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University, USA F. STEPHEN LARRABEE Senior Research Fellow the Rand Corporation, visiting John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, USA JONATHAN LIPKIN Research Fellow at the European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, UK MARGARITA MATHIOPOULOS Professor for US-Foreign Policy and International Security at the University of Potsdam, Germany ANAND MENON Professor of European Politics, University of Birmingham, Director of the European Research Institute, Birmingham, UK KALYPSO NICOLAIDIS University Lecturer, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, UK JOSEPH NYE Professor, Dean of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA GEORGE A. PAPANDREOU, President of Pan-Hellenic Socialist Party (PASOK) GEORGIOS PAPASTAMKOS Professor of EU Institutions and Politics, University of Piraeus, Greece WILLIAM PFAFF Columnist, International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, USA FRIEDBERT PFLÜGER Chairman of the German Bundestag's Committee on EU Affairs, member (CDU) of the Bundestag, Germany SCHERLE R. SCHWENNINGER Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute at the New School University and Co-Director of the Global Economic Policy Program at the New America Foundation, USA GEORGE SOROS Chairman of the Soros Fund Management LLC JOSEPH STIGLITZ Professor of Economics, Columbia University, Graduate Business School (Department of Economics) and the School of International and Public Affairs, USA HELEN WALLACE Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Importance of Transatlantic Relations and Dialogue; G.A.Papandreou List of Contributors PART I: THE NATURE OF TRANSATLANTIC DISAGREEMENTS: DURATION AND PROGRESS Introduction: Rupture and Continuity in Transatlantic Relations; N.Kotzias & P.Liacouras PART II: THE LONG-TERM CHARACTER OF EU-US DISAGREEMENTS Present and Future of the Tensed EU-US Relations; W.Pfaff The EU and the Future of Transatlantic Relations; C.Bertram The Future of Transatlantic Relations; S.Barrett Note on the Transatlantic Bonds of the EU; B.Geremek PART III: DIFFERENCES AND MUTUAL COMPLETION Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship: After the Iraqi Crisis: Document of Reflection; G.Adreanni Improving Transatlantic Relations in the Aftermath of the Iraq War; J.Stiglitz EU-US Relations in a Multipolar System; D.Konstas Reshaping US-EU Relations: Toward a Broader Strategic Agenda; F.S.Larrabee The United States and the European Union: Is a Partnership still Possible?; D.Benschop The Choices in Euro-American Relations; C.Hill Europe and the US: Five Frank Thoughts and one Proposal for the Foreign Ministers of Europe; T.Garton Ash Redefining the Transatlantic Partnership; T.Bentley Repairing the Transatlantic Rift; J.Nye Note to the EU Presidency and EU Foreign Ministers; S.R.Schwenninger Transatlantic Security Cooperation; J.D.Blaauw Living with our Differences; K.Nicolaidis PART IV: SHORT-TERM CAUSES On EU/US Relations; S.Hoffmann 'Healing the West's Wounds'; T.A.Coulombis EU - US Relations in Worldwide Context; A.A.Fatouros The Future of the Relationship between the EU and the US: Managing Interdependence and Global Responsibility; G.Papastamkos Pursuing Common Security Goals; M.Glenny PART V: THE RECOMMENDATIONS TPN Outreach Project: Interim Report from the Co-Chairs; Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) Agenda for a New Transatlantic Relationship: The EU's To-Do List; E.Brok Europe and the United States face the Challenges of the New Century; K.Dervis Transatlantic Relations: The EU Stance; J.Bruton After Iraq: Permanent Transatlantic Tensions; T.Galen Carpenter Strengthening Transatlantic Relations: Statement for the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Strengthening Transatlantic Relations; F.Pflüger A Structural Approach to Transatlantic Unity; A.K.Henrikson Cooperative Ways to Bridge the Gap; G.Soros The 'Washington Consensus' and the EU-US Relationship; E.Avgouleas Mending the Transatlantic Partnership; D.Andrews & H.Wallace PART VI: THE STUDIES AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations for a New Transatlantic Charta: A Strong Europe - A Partner, Not a Rival to the United States; The Potsdam Center for Transatlantic Security and Military Affairs European Attitudes Towards Transatlantic Relations 2000-2003: An Analytical Survey; A.Menon & J.Lipkin Index