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-?-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.
1. Introduction,Geir Lundestad 2. Privileged partners: the Atlantic relationship and the end of the Bush regime,Charles S. Maier 3. Atlantic orders: the fundamentals of change,Charles A. Kupchan 4. From the Cold War to the War on Terror: old threats, new threats, and the future of the transatlantic relationship,Michael Cox 5. Unilateralism in U.S. foreign policy: What role does America see for Europe?,G. John Ikenberry 6. The U.S. changing role and Europe's transatlantic dilemmas: towards an EU strategic autonomy?,Fr?d?ric Bozo 7. 'New Europe' between the United States and 'Old Europe',Marcin Zaborowski 8. How well can Europe and the United States cooperate on non-European issues?,Helga Haftendorn 9. Leadership or partnership? Can transatlantic leadership be shared?,William Wallace 10. Do economic trends unite or divide the two sides of the Atlantic?,David P. Calleo 11. Worlds apart? The United States, Europe, and the cultural ties that bind them,Rob Kroes 12. Can the circle be unbroken? Public opinion and the transatlantlCo