| The Fourth Age: The Next Era in Transatlantic Relations
Kupchan, Charles A.
National Interest, Sep/Oct2006 ,#85, pp77-83
"We are at the dawn of a new era in the Atlantic relationship.
Rather than trying to recreate the past, the Atlantic democracies
should move forward by acknowledging that the tight-knit alliance
of the Cold War years is gone for good. Instead, they should accept
that the character of the Atlantic order is undergoing a profound
transformation, seek to understand the attributes of the emerging
order, and figure out how to make the most of its cooperative potential..."
This article discusses a new era in the Atlantic relationship. The
author reviews the three distinct periods of the transatlantic relationship
during the periods 1776-1905, 1905-1941 and 1941-2001. These are
called the era of balance of power, the era of balance of threat
and the era of cooperative security. It has been claimed that Atlantic
relations are still in transitional phase and it is too soon to
discern the defining features of the era that is emerging.
Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of international affairs, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Georgetown University.
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