Beyond Paradise and Power

<p>"Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus," wrote foreign policy guru Robert Kagan famously in his book <em>Of Paradise and Power,</em> which became an instant <em>New</em><em>York Times</em> bestseller last year. Taking Kagan one step further, prominent foreign policy specialists - such as Walter Russell Mead, Timothy Garton Ash, and Francis Fukuyama - here provide multiple perspectives on the state of the transatlantic relationship after the war.</p> <p>Introduction: The Limits of Transatlantic Solidarity Tod Lindberg Part 1: The Emerging Crisis 1. Anatomy of a Breakdown Steven Erlanger 2. Old Europe vs. New Europe Anne Applebaum 3. The End of Atlanticism Ivo Daalder Part 2: The View From Europe 4. Loose Talk of American Empire Gilles Andréani 5. Pax American and Pax Europea Wolfgang Ischinger 6. Understanding European Union Kalypso Nicolaidis 7. The New Anti-Europeanism in America Timothy Garton Ash Part 3: American Power and its Discontents 8. Does the West Still Exist? Francis Fukuyama 9. American Endurance Walter Russell Mead 10. Cooperation or Failure Simon Serfaty 11. Liberalism and Power Peter Berkowitz 12. The Atlanticist Community Tod Lindberg</p>