Posted 03.12.2007
Transatlantic Relations | German-American Relations | European Union | NATO
AICGS's Coverage of Germany's 2007 EU and G8 Presidencies
Recasting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Kramer, Franklin and Simon Serfaty
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Report, February 1, 2007, 8p “Both the structures and capabilities of the Euro-Atlantic community
will need revision if the challenges of the 21st century are to
be met--and the development of new capacities will demand not
only resources, but also commitment. This paper sets out a way
forward, recommending a broadened strategic focus for the Euro-Atlantic
community which explicitly encompasses a number of key issues,
in combination with a reform of Euro-Atlantic structures to make
cooperation more effective.” Franklin Kramer is an independent
international consultant and former Assistant Aecretary of Defense
for International Security Affairs. Simon Serfaty holds the Zbigniew
Brzezinski Chair at CSIS and is a senior adviser in the CSIS Europe
Program. Fulltext F1/02-07
European Anti-Americanism and Choices for a European
Defense Policy
Ray, Leonard and Gregory Johnston
PS, Political Science & Politics, Jan 2007, v40, #1, pp85-92
"The Eurobarometer asked a representative sample of EU residents
to evaluate the role played by the U.S. in the following five
areas: the fight against terrorism, world peace, the fight against
poverty, global economic growth, and protection of the environment.
Positive evaluations of the U.S. role declined across all five
of these indicators when Iraq was invaded. Subsequently, this
decline in positive evaluations has continued for the two issues
most directly linked to the conduct of the Iraq War-the fight
against terror, and the U.S. role in world peace; evaluations
on the other dimensions have stagnated or recovered slightly."
Leonard Ray is associate professor of political science at
Louisiana State University. Gregory Johnston is currently an instructor
at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Fulltext
F2/02-07
Reconciling Religion and Public Life: Essays
on Pluralism and Fundamentalism in the United States and Germany
Deneen, Patrick J.; Karakurt, Türkan; Mathewes, Charles T.; Owens,
Erik Schieder, Rolf
American Institute for contemporary German Studies, February
2007, online edition, 50p
This edited volume of essays is the culmination of an AICGS project
examining perceptions of religious pluralism and religious fundamentalism
in the United States and Germany. The authors focus on the response
of society in Germany and the United States to "an apparent
increase in religious diversity and a seemingly concurrent rise
in religious fundamentalism among many different religious denominations."
Does the steady return of religion as a political issue challenge
the theory that modernization leads to secularization challeng?
What impact will this “religious” phenomenon have on the public
sphere in both Germany and the United States?Patrick J. Deneen
is Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University
in Washington, DC and holds the Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis
Chair in Hellenic Studies. Turkan Karakurt immigrated
to Germany in 1967. She received her Masters Degree in sociology,
political science, and journalism from the University of Münster,
Germany. Charles T. Mathewes is Associate Professor of Religious
Studies at the University of Virginia. He specializes in Christian
theology and ethics, comparative religious ethics, and religion,
politics, and society. Erik Owens is Assistant Director of the
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Theology at Boston College. Fulltext
F3/02-07
A Weakened EU's Prospects for Global Leadership
Algieri, Franco
Washington Quarterly, Winter 2006/07, v30, #1, pp107-117
The author points to the “external-internal divergence dilemma” the EU currently faces. While the EU is working to develop its role as an international actor, “it is confronted internally with a stalled reform process and an existential debate about its governance structures and future shape.” Franco Algieri is a senior research fellow at the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP) at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Order Article F4/02-07
Last Alliance Standing? NATO After 9/11
Schmidt, John R.
Washington Quarterly, Winter 2006/07, v30, #1, pp93-107
"The United States has continued to seek new roles and missions
for NATO, especially after the September 11 attacks, which raised
serious questions about the relevance of the organization. These
questions were stimulated not only by diminishing Eu-ropean military
capabilities following the end of the Cold War but also by the
United States’ growing reluctance, for this and other reasons,
to use NATO for serious combat operations. When NATO leaders meet
in Riga, against a strategic backdrop very different from that
of 1949, how they and their succes-sors answer these questions
and manage the frictions generated by NATO-EU competition will
determine the future of the transatlantic alliance.” John
R. Schmidt is the senior analyst for Europe in the Bureau of Intelligence
and Research at the Department of State. Order Article F5/02-07
Global Security Challenges: A Dialogue
with NATO
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), The Konrad
Adenauer Foundation, March 01, 2007, Online edition,
22p
"The security environment today is plagued by a number of
threats ranging from International terrorism, proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction, energy security, and failed states
. The global reach of these threats cutting across borders is
what makes them unique in nature, and has thereby propelled a
need for extending the traditional understanding of defense beyond
that of territorial borders. It is in this light that the idea
of a ‘global NATO’ has taken shape." This
report addresses questions of NATO's engagement with India and
its possible role elsewhere in Asia. Fulltext
F6/02-07
Israel in NATO?
Rupp, Richard
The National Interest,
November-December, #86, pp50-55
The author comments on Israel's candidacy for membership in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He says that at first,
the idea of NATO membership for Israel may sound inconceivable
since Israel, in many ways, is far removed from the North Atlantic.
He adds that Israeli membership in NATO would likely enmesh the
alliance in Middle East conflicts. However, he claims that a growing
and influential constituency has emerged that is actively lobbying
for Israeli inclusion in the alliance. Richard Rupp is Associate
professor and acting head, Department of History and Political
Science, Purdue University Calumet. Fulltext
F7/02-07
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