Security challenges in transatlantic relations

In: Internationale Politik. Transatlantic edition, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 10-18

Abstract

How did transatlantic relations get so bad? Four quarrels erupted: over terrorism, the Israel-Palestine impasse, the Iraq war, and the military gap. To repair relations, the US should restrain its unilateralism, treat old allies civilly, rebuild a broad international coalition to construct postwar Iraq, and try to appear even-handed in the Mideast. Europe should bolster its military assets, take WMD threats seriously, make its foreign policy decision-making more coherent, and harness trade and aid policies to serve political objectives. (DGAP-TIP)