Search results

"Makes proposals for how to forge a new international consensus on the use of force, including its preemptive use, to address today's interrelated threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and humanitarian crises. Considers how these strategies could be best legitimized and made palatable to domestic and international communities"--Provided by publisher

Atlanticism - in which American and European foreign policy centres around the transatlantic alliance - has ended. Other concerns, both global and local, and different means for addressing them have now come to the fore. Nothing in the new structure of relations preordains an end to the transatlantic cooperation and partnership. The future course of relations will be determined above all by America's policy towards Europe and the Atlantic Alliance. Wise policy can help forge a new, more enduring strategic partnership, through which the two sides of the Atlantic cooperate in meeting the many major challenges and opportunities of our evolving world together. But a policy that takes Europe for granted, that routinely ignores or even belittles European concerns, may force Europe to conclude that the costs of continued alliance outweigh its benefits. (Survival / SWP)

Analyzes the situation in Southeastern Europe, US and European interests in the region, and security issues; focus on burden-sharing debate.