Superpower Struggles

Since the war in Iraq of 2003, relations between the USA and the EU have been strained and the UK has been increasingly regarded as the US Government's only dependable ally. In this new book John Redwood examines the growing conflicts between an EU flexing its muscles against the USA, and the dominance of the US global economy and military machine. He points to the phenomenal rise of China to say that whilst eyes are fixed on the EU superstate experiment the real events that will shape the world in the next 50 years are unfolding on the other side of the globe. To maintain a position of influence in the world, he writes that the UK must renegotiate with the EU and keep open its links to Asia and the USA: the true battle for supremacy will not be between the EU and the USA but between Asia and the USA, and it is already underway.

Autorentext
JOHN REDWOOD is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and an Associate Professor at Middlesex University Business School. He is a leading commentator and analyst of global markets and politics. He has written extensively on the EU, world economies and international relations. He is a member of the UK Parliament.

Zusammenfassung
To maintain a position of influence in the world, he writes that the UK must renegotiate with the EU and keep open its links to Asia and the USA: the true battle for supremacy will not be between the EU and the USA but between Asia and the USA, and it is already underway.

Inhalt
Preface Iraq The Emergence of a New Nations, The United States of Europe The Rise of China Britain and Britishness at the Crossroads A United States of Europe or a Union of English-Speaking Peoples: Two Rival Models for the US and Britain The US, the UK and the UN: The Special Relationship Policing the World Doing Business the US Way: Selling US Enterprise and Technology The United States of America and the United States of Europe What's in an English-Speaking Union for the US? What Kind of Renegotiation with the EU does Britain Want? Conclusions Notes Bibliography