Just Another Major Crisis?: The United States and Europe since 2000

by Geir Lundestad (Editor)

Overview

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-à-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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191564369
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/28/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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 ix

List of Contributors xii

1 Introduction Geir Lundestad 1

2 Privileged Partners: The Atlantic Relationship at the End of the Bush Regime Charles S. Maier 17

3 Atlantic Orders: The Fundamentals of Change Charles A. Kupchan 34

4 From the Cold War to the War on Terror: Old Threats, New Threats, and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship Michael Cox 58

5 Unilateralism in US Foreign Policy: What Role does America See for Europe? G. John Ikenberry 77

6 The US Changing Role and Europe's Transatlantic Dilemmas: Toward an EU Strategic Autonomy? Frederic Bozo 95

7 "New Europe" between the United States and "Old Europe" Marcin Zaborowski 118

8 How Well Can Europe and the United States Cooperate on Non-European Issues? Helga Haftendorn 137

9 Leadership or Partnership? Can Transatlantic Leadership be Shared? William Wallace 159

10 Do Economic Trends Unite or Divide the Two Sides of the Atlantic? David P. Calleo 182

11 Worlds Apart? The United States, Europe, and the Cultural Ties that Bind Them Rob Kroes 210

12 Can the Circle Be Unbroken? Public Opinion and the Transatlantic Rupture Steven Kull 231

13 Where are American-European Relations Heading? A View from the United States Stanley R. Sloan 250

14 The Rise of the European Union and its Impact on the US-EU Partnership: A View from Europe Gustav Schmidt 271

15 Conclusion: The United States and Europe: Just Another Crisis? Geir Lundestad 298

Index 325