| May 2005, #6
German-American Relations | European Union | NATO
F1 - German Foreign Policy and the War on Iraq: Anti-Americanism, Pacifism or Emancipation?
Forsberg, Tuomas
Security Dialogue, June 2005, v36, #2, pp213-231
” The clash between Berlin and Washington over the war on Iraq
in 2002-03 came as a surprise to the community of scholars and
analysts watching German foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
Attempts to explain German behaviour have mostly focused on either
the anti-American or the pacifist nature of German society. There
is some relevance in these explanations, but they poorly explain
the timing of the change, its sudden emergence and its focus on
the Iraq issue. This article argues that the most important driving
force behind the change was neither anti-Americanism nor pacifism,
but rather Germany's political emancipation. The Germans had been
gradually growing into their role as a leading power in Europe
that is willing to take on greater international responsibility.
When Berlin felt that it was not consulted in the decisionmaking
process, it reacted strongly. The question at stake was the nature
of the world order and the relations of the USA to its allies,
and no longer the single issue of Iraq.” Dr Tuomas Forsberg
is currently Acting Professor of World Politics at the University
of Helsinki. Previously, he held the position of Professor of
Western European Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European
Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Order Article
F3 - How to Fix Europe’s Image Problem. The FP Memo
Nicolaidis , Kalypso and Andrew Moravcsik
Foreign Policy, May/June 2005, #148, pp72-76
”Europe likes to blame the United States, but it often acts as
unreasonably as the worst neocon. To fix trans-Atlantic ties,
Brussels should get off its high horse and show the Americans
why there is no better ally than Europe.” “The European Union
must showcase its democracy-building skills while avoiding moral
grandstanding and its own version of unilateralism.” Andrew
Moravcsik is professor of politics and director of the European
Union Program at Princeton University. Kalypso Nicolaidis is university
lecturer in international relations at Oxford University.
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F4 - Security Beyond Borders
Lebl, Leslie S.
Policy Review, April & May 2005, #130, pp23-43
”A new dynamic emerged in the U.S.-EU relationship”, writes Lebl
reviewing the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy, and U.S.-EU
bilateral cooperation since September 2001. “Since September 11,
there have been numerous transatlantic initiatives: to develop
law enforcement cooperation; to extend the freezing of terrorist
assets; to develop more secure procedures for container shipping,
air passenger travel and issuance of travel documents; to improve
export control systems and other nonproliferation measures; and
to coordinate foreign policy, especially toward the Broader Middle
East. The bilateral cooperation thus included both foreign and
domestic policy officials from numerous agencies on both sides
of the Atlantic.” He summarizes the combined efforts in the fight
against terrorism and values them as an unheralded success in
transatlantic relations. Leslie S. Lebl is nonresident senior
fellow of the Atlantic Council of the United States. An earlier
version of this article appeared as a working paper of the American
Consortium on European Union Studies. Fulltext
F5 - Continental Drift
Guttenplan, D.D.
The Nation, April 4, 2005, v280, #13, pp28-33
Extending his review of books on the US, Europe and the transatlantic relations, Guttenberg also discusses current political and social conditions in Europe, the European rise to an economic power, and the impact of the European Union on political stability in Europe. He also compares domestic and foreign policies in Europe and in the United States and explores the European political influence on the superpower status of the U.S. Book titles covered include: "Free World: America, Europe and the Surprising Future of the West" by Timothy Garton Ash, "Beyond Paradise And Power: Europe, America, and the Future of a Troubled Partnership" edited by Tod Lindberg, "The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy" by T.R. Reid, "The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream" by Jeremy Rifkin, and "The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency" by James Naughtie. D.D. Guttenplan is The Nation’ s London correspondent. Fulltext
F6 - The Rise of Europe's Defense Industry
Jones, Seth G.
Brookings Institution, U.S.-Europe Analysis Series, May 2005, 7p
"Over the last decade, the European Union's major military
powers have increasingly collaborated to build a more integrated
and technologically advanced defense industry. ... The European
Union's establishment in 2004 of a European Defense Agency to
coordinate procurement programs has further increased the prospect
of an integrated European defense market. ...European defense
firms are increasingly collaborating with each other rather than
the United States. This is a striking development. Even more important
is to understand why this development is occurring." Seth
G. Jones is a political scientist at RAND and adjunct professor
at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
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F7 - The Transatlantic Defense Industrial Base: Restructuring Scenarios and Their Implications
Guay, Terrence R.
United States Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). April 2005. 40p
Opportunities for the construction of a transatlantic defense
sector are tangible, but significant obstacles may accelerate
the formation of a bipolar industrial base. He examines the forces
that have shaped the restructuring of the U.S. and European defense
industries since the end of the Cold War, and presents factors
that will influence further restructuring and consolidation in
the short- and medium-terms. He contends that a transatlantic
defense industrial base is preferable to a bipolar one, and recommends
that the U.S. Government open its defense equipment market to
more European firms, and that European governments reciprocate.
Additionally, military forces should put greater effort into coordinating
procurement requirements and needs, and firms should explore expanding
transatlantic links. Terrence Guay is a professor of international
business at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State
University. Fulltext
F8 - NATO Transformation and Challenges
Jones, James
Rusi Journal, April 2005, pp14- , 5p
“NATO has a continuing role in modern security. A lesser-known
but significant mission is Operation Active Endeavour, which is
the Alliance's most serious contribution to counter terrorism
in the Mediterranean. Here, Jones discusses the issue of perception
versus reality in thematic terms, and the mission and the transformation
of NATO.” General James Jones is Supreme Allied Commander
Europe. Fulltext
F9 - Germany's Defence Choices
Meiers, Franz-Josef
Survival, Spring 2005, v47, #1, pp153–166
“German security and defence policy faces two central challenges. The first is how to reconcile its ambitions for a truly European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) with a continued commitment to NATO. The second is how to modernise and transform the Bundeswehr, for without this transformation ESDP will not be viable, while Germany’s contribution to NATO will be inadequate. But the Bundeswehr transformation, in turn, faces two major obstacles: the government’s unwillingness to muster the material resources to tackle the deficiencies in structure and equipment faced by the Bundeswehr since the end of 1990s; and the limits imposed by Germany’s culture of restraint on the involvement of German armed forces in multinational missions abroad.” Franz-Josef Meiersis a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) at the University of Bonn. Order
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F10 - From Conscripts to Volunteers: NATO's Transitions to All-Volunteer
Forces
Williams, Cindy
Naval War College Review, Winter 2005, v58, #1, pp35-62
“Williams examines the transition to all-volunteer forces in the
militaries of NATO. Moreover, she describes some of the problems
the American all-volunteer force encountered during its first
decade and the initiatives the US embraced to solve them.” Dr.
Williams is a principal research scientist in the Security Studies
Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fulltext
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