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But recent changes in political leadership in the Britain, France, and Germany, together with the arrival of a new US administration in early 2009, could improve
transatlantic
cooperation.
French politicians underestimate the negative impact they have in these countries when they repeatedly refer to a Paris-Berlin-Moscow axis and criticize “excessive” enthusiasm for the
transatlantic
alliance.
While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to
transatlantic
discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.
The United States will have to stop defining its
transatlantic
interests in terms of its hegemonic mindset, and Europe will have to take fuller charge of its own region.
In effect, the shared
transatlantic
geopolitical interest was between the US and one part of Europe against another.
With the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, the
transatlantic
alliance confronted new realities.
It is difficult to know where this uneasy
transatlantic
détente of 2008 will lead.
In these circumstances, the
transatlantic
alliance survives less from genuinely shared interests than from inertia.
Can anything restore the old
transatlantic
harmony?
What does seem clear is that a cohesive and strong Europe on good terms with its neighbors will not fit easily into a close
transatlantic
alliance with an America actively pursuing global hegemony.
Europe still exists in the US, though probably more among the Washington administrative and political elite than within the world of New York finance and business, despite the fundamental importance of
transatlantic
trade for both economies.
Further complicating matters is the shifting nature of
transatlantic
security arrangements.
Moreover, the EU-Japan talks lack the historical, cultural, and emotional baggage of the
transatlantic
relationship, and relatively subdued attention to them provides an easier environment in which to hash out difficult issues, such as government procurement and food safety.
Third, in a speech last June, outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revived the debate on
transatlantic
burden-sharing and solidarity within the alliance.
In this geopolitical context, Europe and the US need each other more than ever, making greater
transatlantic
cooperation crucial.
So
transatlantic
trade is crucial for both economies, particularly for job creation.
The EU, now confronting a wave of populism and Euro-skepticism, could revive its sense of purpose by committing itself to closer
transatlantic
cooperation and coordination on trade, to be carried out by the European Commission.
Protectionism is no solution to the crisis, whereas a
transatlantic
free-trade agreement would favor multilateralism and openness.
Signing a
transatlantic
trade treaty would be irrefutable proof that the political case for open trade can be made – and won.
Today, that means a
transatlantic
free-trade agreement.
European leaders, even when they are unhappy over US positions, therefore need to combine forceful support for the
transatlantic
community of interests with discrete, if firm lobbying in Washington not to strain it to the breaking point.
But Europeans must nonetheless continue to advocate for the overriding importance of NATO’s
transatlantic
bond.
The Financial Education of the EurozoneLONDON – In 2017, Europe’s leaders will confront an array of severe tests, including tumultuous elections featuring populist insurgencies, complex negotiations over Britain’s departure from the European Union, and a new American president who thinks that the
transatlantic
alliance is “obsolete.”
And it has caused an unseemly commotion at a time when the EU must respond to the loss of the United Kingdom and the degradation of the
transatlantic
alliance.
The Warburg brothers, Max and Paul, were a
transatlantic
tandem, energetically pushing for German-American institutions that would offer an alternative to British industrial and financial monopoly.
Until recently, the bilateral relationship has tended to be guided by a transatlantic, trans-Eurasian perspective, while ignoring the trans-Pacific option.
This common understanding will be the pivotal challenge for the future of the
transatlantic
relationship.
Indeed, the crisis is beginning to erode the very foundations – the Franco-German and
transatlantic
partnerships – of a post-war European order that has ensured a period of peace and prosperity without precedent in the history of the continent.
Even today, Europe’s military weakness is working to undermine the
transatlantic
relationship.
An additional threat to the
transatlantic
alliance arises from the emerging new world order.
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