Download or read book The Significance of the Western European Union for Europe and Its Relationship to the United States of America written by Claudio Graziano and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the current situation of Western European Union (WEU) the paper describes the challenges and risks Europe is confronted with, in and around Europe, which require adaptations not only from the European Union (EU) and its designated defense arm, the WEU, but also from NATO and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The paper addresses, thereafter, the United States' role and interest in Europe, which lead to consequences concerning the future role of WEU embedded in NATO as well as in EU, in order to support a burden-sharing between United States and Europe. The paper suggests a future role for WEU, functionally and limited regionally, which complements the missions of NATO and OSCE in the security architecture in and for Europe. In consequence, the United States, as the "world's policeman", would be relieved, which would increase United States' will and resolve to remain committed in Europe since the new relationship would be based on an equal share of risks and responsibilities in a global engagement.
Download or read book The Significance of the Western European Union for Europe and Its Relationship to the United States of America written by Claudio Graziano and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the current situation of Western European Union (WEU) the paper describes the challenges and risks Europe is confronted with, in and around Europe, which require adaptations not only from the European Union (EU) and its designated defense arm, the WEU, but also from NATO and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The paper addresses, thereafter, the United States' role and interest in Europe, which lead to consequences concerning the future role of WEU embedded in NATO as well as in EU, in order to support a burden-sharing between United States and Europe. The paper suggests a future role for WEU, functionally and limited regionally, which complements the missions of NATO and OSCE in the security architecture in and for Europe. In consequence, the United States, as the "world's policeman", would be relieved, which would increase United States' will and resolve to remain committed in Europe since the new relationship would be based on an equal share of risks and responsibilities in a global engagement.
Download or read book The United States and Western Europe Since 1945 written by Geir Lundestad and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005-08-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on new and existing research by a world-class scholar, this is the first book in twenty years to examine the dynamics of the entire American-West European relationship since 1945.The relationship between the United States and Western Europe has always been crucial and recent events dictate that it is becoming ever more so. In this important new work, Geir Lundestad analyses the balance between the cooperation and conflict which has characterized this relationship in the post-war period. He examines talk of transatlantic drift, and the strain now apparent between the USA and the nation states of Western Europe. In the concluding section, Lundestad offers a topical viewof the future of transatlantic interaction.Throughout the work Lundestad's much cited 'empire by invitation' thesis is both put into practice and extended in time and scope. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in one of the most important and enduring international relationships of the last sixty years.
Download or read book Perspectives on the Western European Development and Its Impact on the Relationship to the United States of America written by Peter H. Lund and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyzes the future development of Western Europe and evaluates its possible impact on the relationship to the United States of America (U.S.). A European Union (EU) integrating into a confederation of sovereign states and a slow enlargement will characterize the European development. NATO likewise will continue enlargement but the pace and size are still unclear. The U.S.' and Western Europe's shared interests of security and European prosperity endures but they have diverse perceptions of the threat and strategies. European security has lost its primacy in the relationship and introduced opportunities for a review of U.S. and European strategies. The development of the EU will not change the current cooperative transatlantic relationship in the near or mid term but cause some challenges, mainly economic, for the U.S. Increased economic competition between Western Europe and the U.S. combined with unilateral strategies can in the longer-term result in global multipolarity with greater risk of tension or conflict endangering regional/global security and prosperity. A stronger integration of EU will further increase the risk. The transatlantic financial and trade ties will moderate such developments. The proposed way ahead is a cooperative strategy in both the U.S. and Europe.
Download or read book European Union United States Security Relations written by A. Bronstone and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union's evolution to become a global actor is examined through its relationship with the United States from the Yomkippur war to the Gulf conflict. Indepth case-studies of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, martial law in Poland 1981-82 and the Kurdish crisis in Iraq 1991 are shown to support a theoretical critique. The dominant 'realist' approach to international relations is unable to adequately explain transatlantic tensions in this period. New frameworks are needed to explain the 'agency-structure' of internal European and EU-US relationships.
Download or read book The Western European Union At The Crossroads written by G. Wyn Rees and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the institutional and operational development of the Western European Union (WEU) and its proposed enlargement. It assesses the motivations of its leading members and the progress made toward enhancing the WEU's role in the 1996-97 Intergovernmental Conference.
Download or read book Perspectives on the Western European Development and Its Impact on the Relationship to the United States of America written by Peter H. Lund and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States and the European Union written by Terrence Guay and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and the European Union provides a concise yet thorough overview of the interactions between the world's dominant country and its most developed institution. The book examines the major events in the history of US-EU relations, and suggests that changes in the international political economy play a key role in shaping this relationship. The United States and the European Union is well-suited for courses on Europe's external relations, US foreign policy, political economy, and contemporary global issues.
Download or read book The United States and Europe in the Twentieth Century written by David Ryan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between the US and Europe in the 20th century is one of the key considerations in any understanding of international relations/international history during this period. David Ryan first sets the context by looking at the trends and traditions of America’s foreign relations in the 19th century, and then considers the changing nature of America's vision of Europe from 1900 to the present. The book examines America’s response to and involvement in the two World Wars, including the structure of international power after the First World War and American reaction to the rise of Nazi Germany. American/European relations during the Cold War (1945-1970) are discussed, and Ryan considers the contentious debate that America was trying to establish an empire by invitation. Finally, the book looks at the ever-increasing unification of Europe and how this has affected America's role and influence.
Download or read book The United States and the Unity of Europe written by Max Beloff and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1963 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Resurgence of the West written by Richard Rosecrance and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calls for the United States to join forces with the European Union and create a transatlantic economic union, thus enabling Western countries to better deal with East Asian challenges.
Download or read book Atlantic Bridges written by Janusz Bugajski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the postD9/11 era of heightened security awareness, conflicting strategies for containing and combating security risks have strained relations between the United States and the European Union despite common goals. Atlantic Bridges argues that the U.S. must resist the temptation to focus its diplomatic efforts on bilateral agreements with those European countries in closest alignment to it, and instead use its dependable and durable partners among the central and eastern European states to develop more predictable and productive relations with the EU for the sake of long-term stability.
Download or read book The United States and Europe After the Cold War written by John William Holmes and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a former U.S. diplomat in Europe, John W. Holmes watched the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fulfill its purpose with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In The United States and Europe after the Cold War, he explores the possibilities for future transatlantic relations in light of NATO's ebbing usefulness. Finding that a basis still exists for an alliance between the United States and the European Union, Holmes sets forth a comprehensive plan for establishing an association as long-lasting and profitable as the one now drawing to a close. Holmes advocates a solid foundation for the alliance, one that approaches a formal economic union. He lists key considerations for the construction of a new, effective relationship, including the growing impatience of Americans and Europeans with substantial U.S. military contingents in Europe, the changing nature of intra-European relations, and the need for a distribution of power more equitable than that of NATO.
Download or read book An Alliance at Risk written by Laurent Cohen-Tanugi and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is facing a higher education bubble. Like the housing bubble, it is the product of cheap credit coupled with popular expectations of ever-increasing returns on investment, and as with housing prices, the cheap credit has caused college tuitions to vastly outpace inflation and family incomes. Now this bubble is bursting. In this Broadside, Glenn H. Reynolds explains the causes and effects of this bubble and the steps colleges and universities must take to ensure their survival. Many graduates are unable to secure employment sufficient to pay off their loans, which are usually not dischargeable in bankruptcy. As students become less willing to incur debt for education, colleges and universities will have to adapt to a new world of cost pressures and declining public support.
Download or read book The Hidden Power of the American Dream written by Giovanna Dell'Orto and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-12-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day after the tragic terrorist attacks of 9/11, newspapers across Europe proclaimed, We Are All Americans in many different languages, crystallizing the solidarity that so many people around the world felt at that time. But in the years since, that beautiful friendship between Americans and Europeans evaporated, leaving in its place a growing resentment so deep that Americans traveled overseas with Canadian flags stitched to their backpacks while Europeans held candlelight vigils for the removal of President George W. Bush. Dell'Orto argues persuasively that the answer to the question of where do we go from here lies in whether non-Americans keep believing in the American dream. Only if that dream continues to be the root of America's power—as this book shows it has been since the United States first stepped onto the international stage—can America not go the way of all other superpowers in history: down and out. Through analysis of thousands of Western European media articles and government publications about the United States, this book, for the first time, shows what the essence of America is to non-Americans and why that matters to Americans in a very practical way—because it sets limits to what the nation can accomplish. Dell'Orto argues persuasively that Europe's United States is the revered concept America—the exceptional dream that the land of (plenty of) opportunity can really exist, that the experiment in democracy can really work for all those who choose to become Americans. This is a great U.S. asset, since it makes America uniquely powerful in Europe's eyes, infinitely mightier than the march of Marines and McDonald's alone would warrant. Herein lie the uniqueness and the urgency of this book. European public opinion shape's Europe's reaction at least as much as U.S. actions do.
Download or read book Europe and America written by Miles Kahler and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Americans and Europeans continue to have a unique relationship. But what is the basis for this special affinity? The two essays in Europe and America: A Return to History probe the transatlantic past for answers and seek to draw lessons and guidance for the future. Miles Kahler begins by questioning the prevailing narrative of transatlantic relations. He casts doubt on the widely accepted notion that the strength and durability of U.S.-European relations rest solely on a common fear of external threat. By examining periods prior to the onset of the Cold War, Kahler underscores the deep economic, ideological, and cultural roots of the transatlantic partnership and their continued importance for the future. Werner Link makes a chronological examination of the blueprints that have shaped U.S.-European relations over the past century. By thinking through how politics and geopolitics have interacted to produce many different versions of a recurring puzzle, Link offers a useful catalogue of competing paradigms for thinking about the future.
Download or read book Stay the Course written by Simon Serfaty and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-03-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serfaty argues that U.S. interests in Europe have become so significant as to create an increasingly common Euro-Atlantic space from which disentanglement is no longer possible. The reality of this space does not mean an Americanization of Europe any more than it does the Europeanization of America. Serfaty points to the ways the United States is connected to Europe, the areas of friction, and the outlook for future common interests and joint approaches to challenges throughout the world. By pointing to the ways the United States is connected to Europe, by examining the areas of friction, and projecting future common interests and joint approaches to challenges throughout the world, Serfaty shows why staying the course is vital to European as well as American interests. A significant analysis for scholars, researchers, and policy makers concerned with contemporary American and European foreign policy and relations.
