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Transatlantic Links. Transatlantic Links. Transatlantic Links. 1993. content. 2013. Transatlantic Relations. Transatlantic Links Part 2 The transatlantic relationship in 3 stages OBJECTIVES, INSTITUTIONS & INSTRUMENTS. Stage 1. Institutionalizing the partnership.
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Transatlantic Links Transatlantic Links Transatlantic Links 1993 content 2013 Transatlantic Relations
Transatlantic Links Part 2 The transatlantic relationship in 3 stages OBJECTIVES, INSTITUTIONS & INSTRUMENTS
Stage 2. Refining the partnership II • Intergovernmental: • Annual EU-US Summit • Transgovernmental: • domestic regulators • Transnational: • people-to-people • Plus Transatlantic Legislators´Dialogue (1999) “hawkish” Bush admin. Progress but unevenly Largely failed
Stage 3. Transatlantic Relations after 9/11 • No need for Art. 5 NATO • 2003 “Coalition of the Willing” • or rather “disunited Europe” • BUT… “business as usual” and “unprecedented levels of • exchange and collaboration”
EU / US Summits 2010 and 2011 • 3 areas of vital interest • Economic growth (create jobs, financial stability) • How to tackle global challenges (Arab Spring, Syria, Iran) • Strengthen EU-NATO strategic partnership • Strengthen security for citizens (cyber-security, data-protection, free internet)
Current Discourse • Eurozone fiscal and budgetary crisis • US “rebalancing” to Asia • Is Europe capable to take care of its own security?
Current Discourses • Eurozone fiscal and budgetary crisis • US “rebalancing” to Asia – is Europe capable to take care of its own security? • Libya, Mali – US “leading from behind”? • Flexible coalitions rather than NATO? • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Transatlantic Links Transatlantic Links Transatlantic Links 1993 content 2013 Transatlantic Relations