Friendly Fire: The Near-Death of the Transatlantic Alliance (EUSA's U.S. -Eu Relations Project)

Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes - chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraq - and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defence funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement. A Brookings Institution Press and European Union Studies Association publication Relations between the U.S. and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, a veteran reporter known for her shrewd observations of political behavior in Europe examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the U.S. and its traditional allies on the European continent. Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes—chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraq—and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defense funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement.

Relations between the U.S. and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, a veteran reporter known for her shrewd observations of political behavior in Europe examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the U.S. and its traditional allies on the European continent. Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes—chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraq—and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defense funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement.

" Relations between the U.S. and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, a veteran reporter known for her shrewd observations of political behavior in Europe examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the U.S. and its traditional allies on the European continent. Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputeschronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraqand identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defense funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement. " "Relations between the United States and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, Elizabeth Pond examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the United States and its traditional allies on the European continent." "Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes that led to the near death of the transatlantic alliance in the last year - chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, the proper role of the United Nations and international law - and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. In addition, Pond examines the German-American-French strains over the impending Iraq war as well as its aftermath."--BOOK JACKET.

germany-based American Journalist Pond Is Currently Editor Of transatlantic Internationale Politik And A Correspondent For The washington Quarterly; She Was Previously A Longtime European Correspondent For The christian Science Monitor. Commissioned By The European Union Studies Association To Examine Post-9/11 Security Issues In The Transatlantic Community, Her Study Examines The Increasing Gulf Between The U.s. And Its Traditional European Allies. Coverage Includes The Shock Of 9/11, The Emerging Transatlantic Misgivings In Early 2002, The Strained German-american-french Relations From August 2002 To The Start Of The War In Iraq In Spring 2003, And Postwar Issues Of Concern To Europe. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

IN THE BEGINNING were Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Kagan, and their soul mates. Or so it seemed, once the U.S. deputy secretary of defense announced the death of permanent coalitions like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the high-powered Munich Security Conference in February 2002 and the relatively unknown policy wonk published his essay on "Power and Weakness" a few months later and captivated the chattering classes. Relations between the United States and Europe have declined in the early 21st century and are worse than at any time since the 1960s. This book examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the United States and its traditional allies on the European continent