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Book SynopsisAre we witnessing a deepening transatlantic rift between the U.S. and the nationals of western Europe, with wide-ranging consequences for the future of world order? This volume examines core structural features of the transatlantic order to determine whether current disagreements are transient or permanent.
Trade Review"In this must-read book, an outstanding group of scholars tackles one of the most critical international issues of our time: how the transatlantic partnership will evolve in the years to come. To what extent are the forces of change structural and so largely immutable to control; to what extent can policy decisions mold events? Everyone concerned about the future of American political, security, and economic relations with the European Union and NATO is sure to find in The End of the West? compelling arguments for thought and debate."—Tony Smith, Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
"The End of the West? is the best overview of the transatlantic order in the past decade. The authors of this excellent book take a big-picture approach, addressing the issue from varying theoretical perspectives in a first-rate series of essays. The book should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the changing transatlantic partnership or its implications for theories of international relations."—Mark A. Pollack, Temple University
Table of Contents1. Explaining the Crisis and Change in Transatlantic Relations: An Introduction
by G. John Ikenberry2. Inevitable Decline versus Predestined Stability: Disciplinary Explanations of the Evolving Transatlantic Order
by Gunther Hellmann3. The Ghost of Crises Past: The Troubled Alliance in Historical Perspective
by William I. Hitchcock4. Iraq and Previous Transatlantic Crises: Divided by Threat, Not Institutions or Values
by Henry R. Nau5. The Atlantic Order in Transition: The Nature of Change in U.S.-European Relations
by Charles A. Kupchan6. Trade Is No Superglue: The Changing Political Economy of Transatlantic Relations
by Jens van Scherpenberg7. The Ties That Bind?: U.S.-EU Economic Relations and the Institutionalization of the Transatlantic Alliance
by Kathleen R. McNamara8. Crisis, What Crisis?: Transatlantic Differences and the Foundations of International Law
by Michael Byers9. The Sovereign Foundations of Transatlantic Crisis in the Post-9/11 Era
by Jeffrey Anderson10. Passions within Reason
by John A. Hall11. American Exceptionalism or Western Civilization?
by Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann12. The End of the West?: Conclusions
by Thomas RisseIndex
