Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations

<p>In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>how much do new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine? </li> <li>what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to new security strategies? </li> <li>what are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?</li> <li>what are the prospects for collective transatlantic action?</li> <ul> </ul> </ul><p>The legacy of 9/11 is scrutinized against the backdrop of the strategic thinking that preceded it. In the 1990s the US struggled to develop a new doctrine for American foreign policy seeking at various times to promote a ‘New World Order’ or ‘democratic enlargement’. For its part the EU had tried to underpin its new Common Foreign and Security Policy with a coherent set of ‘European values’ – multilateralism human rights environmental protection and poverty reduction – that were best defended via collective European action. Key continuities and changes in these transatlantic efforts since 9/11 are clearly identified and closely examined. </p>