Mending the transatlantic partnership

Abstract

The transatlantic relationship is at an impasse. The basic premises and reciprocity that once informed this political consensus no longer carry much weight on either side of the Atlantic. Yet the further deterioration of the Atlantic framework would only serve to reinforce American impulses towards unilateralism, to fuel existing European distrust of the US, and to weaken the multilateral framework for international relations that has served both Europe and America so well for the past half century.