The New Geopolitics of Transatlantic Relations: Coordinated Responses to Common Dangers
The United States and Europe encounter many of the same foreign policy challenges, challenges that diversely impact the two regions and produce different鈥攂ut often complementary鈥攔esponses. In regard to Russia鈥檚 renewed assertiveness, for example, the issue for the United States is one of global competition, whereas Europe鈥檚 concern is local because Russia is a major supplier of oil and gas. Where the United States may pursue confrontation, Europe is more likely to operate with conciliation. This book develops a framework for future U.S.-Europe relations as the two world powers work toward meaningful and logical solutions to their shared foreign policy problems.
The author identifies commonalities and differences in the two regions鈥 economic aims, political habits, and cultural history. What Europe and the United States share means that their future relations should and will be more than occasional collaborations, even if they no longer pursue a common mission. Ultimately, the book sets forth a new transatlantic agenda by discussing principal areas of concern.
Stefan Fr枚hlich is a professor of international politics at the University of Erlangen-N眉rnberg, Germany. He was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2007.
About the Author
Stefan Fr枚hlich
Professor, International Politics at the University of Erlangen-N眉rnberg
