Transatlantic Relations in Times of Uncertainty
Ties between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) rival those between any other pair of international actors. After all, no other regions of the world are as closely connected in economics, security and politics as Europe and the US. This comprehensive volume makes conceptual progress and empirical contributions in accounting for how EU US relations have been impacted by a context of multiple EU crises alongside a parallel change in US policies. The authors find strong evidence to suggest that the transatlantic relationship is weakening. This is partly a consequence of the EUs internal policies, as it becomes more unified and autonomous of the US in some areas, while fragmenting in others. Most importantly, it is a consequence of the two actors increasingly diverging perspectives and positions on international issues, institutions, norms and, indeed, the value of the transatlantic relationship. Although the long-term effects remain to be seen, it is likely that the cracks in the foundation of transatlantic relations will continue into the present and foreseeable future.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.
Marianne Riddervold is a Professor in Political Science at the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences and at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California Berkeley, USA.
Akasemi Newsome is the Associate Director at the Institute of European Studies, and Executive Director at the Center for German and European Studies, University of California Berkeley, USA.
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Contents
Marianne Riddervold and Akasemi Newsome
Jolyon Howorth
Michael E. Smith
Marianne Riddervold and Guri Rosn
Maia K. Davis Cross
Akasemi Newsome
Mike Smith
Jeffrey J. Anderson
John Peterson
Guide
The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Introduction
- Transatlantic relations in times of uncertainty: crises and EU-US relations
- Marianne Riddervold and Akasemi Newsome
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 505521
Chapter 1
- Strategic autonomy and EU-NATO cooperation: threat or opportunity for transatlantic defence relations?
- Jolyon Howorth
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 523537
Chapter 2
- Transatlantic security relations since the European security strategy: what role for the EU in its pursuit of strategic autonomy?
- Michael E. Smith
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 605620
Chapter 3
- Unified in response to rising powers? China, Russia and EU-US relations
- Marianne Riddervold and Guri Rosn
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 555570
Chapter 4
- Partners at Paris? climate negotiations and transatlantic relations
- Maia K. Davis Cross
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 571586
Chapter 5
- Credible champions? Transatlantic relations and human rights in refugee crises
- Akasemi Newsome
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 587604
Chapter 6
- The EU, the US and the crisis of contemporary multilateralism
- Mike Smith
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 539553
Chapter 7
- Rancor and resilience in the Atlantic Political Order: the Obama years
- Jeffrey J. Anderson
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 621636
Chapter 8
- Structure, agency and transatlantic relations in the Trump era
- John Peterson
- Journal of European Integration, volume 40, issue 5 (October 2018) pp. 637652
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Jeffrey J. Anderson is the Graf Goltz Professor and the Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA.
Maia K. Davis Cross is the Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science and an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
Jolyon Howorth is a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, USA. He was a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Yale from 2002 to 2018 and is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics and the Professor Emeritus of European Studies at the University of Bath, UK.
Akasemi Newsome is the Associate Director at the Institute of European Studies, and the Executive Director at the Center for German and European Studies, University of California Berkeley, USA.
John Peterson is a Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is also an Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
Marianne Riddervold is a Professor of Political Science at the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences and at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California Berkeley, USA.