Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century - Europe, America and the Rise of the Rest

List of contents

Introduction  1. Indispensable and Intolerable Nation: The United States in European Geopolitics  2. "Friends again" or "Drifting apart"  3. Defining Threats and Interests: Drivers, Processes, and Objectives  4. Transatlantic Threat Perceptions: "with friends like these, who needs enemies"?  5. The Forgotten Ballast: Economic Interdependence vs. High Politics  6. Regional Case-Studies: The Politics of Transatlantic Relations  7. NATO after Lisbon: New Compact or Obfuscation of Irreconcilable Differences?  8. Dogmas and Dependence: Assessing the NATO-CSDP Impasse  9. U.S.-NATO-EU Cooperation on the Ground  10. The Military Balance: Emerging Threats or New Providers of Global Public Goods?  11. Normative Contest: The Decline of Western "soft power"?  12. Locking in Western Dominance: The West in International Organizations

Summary

This book offers an overview of the interface between European integration, transatlantic relations, and the 'rise of the rest' in the early 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Erwan Lagadec, Erwan (Johns Hopkins University Lagadec, Lagadec Erwan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415748117
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74811-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Contemporary Security Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science