Spring 2009

A new Transatlantic Partnership

If Europeans could have voted in the 2008 US presidential election, they would have voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. It is no secret that Europeans are greatly relieved to see the end of the George W. Bush administration and are thrilled to have Barack Obama as the new leader of the United States and the Western alliance.
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by Eberhard Sandschneider

There are growing differences in the way the transatlantic partners assess each other. While Europe has embraced Barack Obama as an “American European,” America is looking for strategic partners in other corners of the globe. If Europe wants to be taken seriously, it must decide to become a meaningful actor.
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by Alexander Rahr

The European Union must finally adopt a consistent policy toward Russia. In addition to signing a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Brussels should work with Russia to reform international organizations and expand joint projects such as free trade zones.
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Access the Current Issue

by Muriel Asseburg und Volker Perthes

The war in Gaza seems to be over even if the cease-fire is shaky. A European-American initiative could now create the conditions for something more durable, which addresses the security needs of both Israelis and Palestinians. To do so, Syria and Hamas must be engaged in the peace process.
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by Gerd Braune

As it stands, Arctic policy is already a dense network of legal and political agreements between different national and supranational stakeholders. Now the European Union wants to play a greater role in shaping this policy.
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by Gregor Walter-Drop und Thomas Risse

Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, it is time to take stock. Have expectations been fulfilled? Not entirely. There are three areas where Europe has clearly lagged: bridging the continent’s divisions; establishing a veritable common foreign policy; and fostering a sense of legitimacy for the project of European integration.
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Book Reviews
by Dominik Zaum

Postconflict state-building has to go beyond “development as usual”
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by Cameron Abadi

Above all, the past bars the way to a new era of US-Iran relations
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Documentation


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