Part I. 1. Introduction 2. The changing security context 3. Theories of Transatlantic Relations Part II. Transatlantic Relations from the end of the Cold War to 9/11. 4. NATO’s enlargement: the United States moves forward regardless of European anxiety 5. The International Criminal Court: Europe goes on in spite of American distress 6. Debt Relief: Transatlantic Disconnected Advancement to Forgive Africa’s debt Part III. Transatlantic Relations from 9/11 to today. 7. The Arab Spring: A Missed Opportunity for a Common Transatlantic Agenda 8. Libya: What to do? Finding National Solutions to International Problems 9. Foreign Assistance for Africa: Europe’s Defense of its Programs. A Vital Element of Identity and National Security. Conclusion. 10. Transatlantic Relations: A Process of Redefinition with an Uncertain Outcome
Biography
Serena Simoni is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Samford University.
."This smart analysis focuses on historical cases in which there have been disagreements between the US and its European allies in order to draw conclusions about the actors’ evolving identities and the changing relationships that have resulted in the wake of the Cold War and 9/11. The author asks critical questions about these cases that she takes pains to answer. Scholars and practitioners can learn from these lessons of the past and the important insights Simoni draws for the future."
—Joyce P. Kaufman, Whittier College
"Painstakingly researched and elegantly written, Serena Simoni's work makes us reexamine our assumptions about transatlantic relations and the causes of post-Cold War differences. Hers are persuasive, original, and often surprising findings about perceptions and foreign policy-making in Washington, London, Paris, and Berlin."
—Robert English, University of Southern California
