The West and the global power shift : transatlantic relations and global governance / Riccardo Alcaro, John Peterson, Ettore Greco, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alcaro, Riccardo, editor.

Peterson, John, 1958- editor.

Greco, Ettore, editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

Europe.

International relations.

United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 296 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]

Summary:

This book assesses the state of transatlantic relations in an era of emerging powers and growing interconnectedness, and discusses the limits and potential of transatlantic leadership in creating effective governance structures. The authors first resort to theory and history to understand the transatlantic relationship. They then consider the domestic and systemic factors that might set the relationship between the United States and Europe on a different path. Finally, the authors locate the potential for transatlantic leadership in the context of the global power shift. The world of the 21st-century displays different power configurations in different policy domains. This changing structure of power complicates the exercise of leadership. Leadership requires not only greater power and authority, but also persuasion, bargaining and moral suasion, all necessary strategies to build coalitions and manage conflicts between great powers.

Contents:

Introduction : Where things stand and what happens next / John Peterson

The transatlantic security community : erosion from within? / Thomas Risse

Multipolarity, multilateralism and leadership : the retreat of the West? / John Peterson, Riccardo Alcaro, and Nathalie Tocci

The historical evolution of the transatlantic partnership / Maria Green Cowles and Michelle Egan

All roads don't lead to Brussels (but most do) : European integration and transatlantic relations / John Peterson

The domestic setting of American approaches to Europe / Daniel S. Hamilton

Sustained collective action or beggar my neighbour? Europe, America and the emerging powers / Jolyon Howorth

Competitive interdependence : transatlantic relations and global economic governance / Chad Damro

The paradoxes of the liberal order : transatlantic relations and security governance / Riccardo Alcaro

The responsibility to protect in Libya and Syria : Europe, the USA and global human rights governance / Nathalie Tocci

Past, present and future of transatlantic cooperation for climate governance / Christine Bakker and Francesco Francioni

Conclusions : Beyond resilience : the case for transatlantic leadership / Riccardo Alcaro and Ettore Greco.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137574855

1137574852

OCLC:

958083919