Visions of America and Europe: September 11, Iraq, and Transatlantic Relations

by Christina V. Balis (Editor), Simon Serfaty emeritus, Old Dominion University (Editor)

Overview

A product of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, this work brings together American and European analysts of international relations to explore transatlantic relations in the context of the rift between Europe and the United States over the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Mainly limiting discussion to diverging visions rather than competing interests, British, French, German, Italian, and Russian perspectives are each afforded an individual chapter. American perspectives garner three chapters. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892064410
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/18/2004
Series:	Significant Issues Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
Part I.	Introduction
1.	Anti-Europeanism in America and Anti-Americanism in Europe	3
Part II.	American Visions of Europe
2.	American Visions of Europe after 1989	23
3.	Iraq and Beyond: "Old Europe" and the End of the U.S. Hegemony	47
4.	Reconciling November 9 and September 11	70
Part III.	European Visions of America
5.	Dilemmas of a Semi-Insider: Blairite Britain and the United States	91
6.	Diverging Visions: France and the United States after September 11	116
7.	A German Revolution Waiting to Happen: Visions of America after September 11	137
8.	Italy and the United States: From Old to New Atlanticism--and Back	159
9.	Through Russian Eyes and Minds: Post-9/11 Perceptions of America and Its Policies	181
Part IV.	Conclusions
10.	Contrasting Images, Complementary Visions	203
	Index	225
	About the Authors	237

What People are Saying About This

Dominique Moisi

This collection of essays is a must-read for all those who still believe the West has, and must have, a future. It is both informed and passionately moderate.
—Senior Adviser, French Institute for International Relations

David P. Calleo

A rich and diverse group of talented analysts -American and European. Stimulating reading for anyone trying to understand the diffuse but momentous changes taking place in transatlantic and European relations.
—Dean Acheson Professor and Director of European Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Editorial Reviews

Of the many books analyzing the clash between the Bush administration and much of Europe, this one, based on a conference held in 2003, is among the most valuable. This is so not only because of shrewd analyses by its coeditors, Serfaty (who provides a disenchanted introduction on "multidimensional ambivalence" on both sides of the Atlantic) and Balis (who takes on "elite Europhobia" in the United States); it also stems from its inclusion of multiple viewpoints. Christopher Hill incisively analyzes the dilemmas faced by the United Kingdom in its relationship with Washington. Guillaume Parmentier provides a sensible account of Franco-American divergences, especially over conceptions of power. Michael Sturmer writes critically of a "German revolution waiting to happen." Dmitri Trenin subtly describes Vladimir Putin's efforts to stay close to Washington and the hostility of Russian elites to his policy. The volume offers no bold views of a transatlantic future-common or fractured-but that is hardly the fault of the authors: recent haggling over NATO's role in Iraq shows that transatlantic relations have yet to overcome the traumas of 2003.

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