The West and the Global Power Shift

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.

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Riccardo Alcaro is Senior Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy. He was the Coordinator of the EU 7th Framework Programme-funded Transworld project on transatlantic relations and global governance. He is a fellow of the EU-wide programme European Foreign and Security Policy Studies (EFSPS).

John Peterson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His recent works include The European Union: How Does it Work? (co-edited with D. Kenealy and R. Corbett, 2015); Parochial Global Europe: 21st Century Trade Politics (co-authored with A. Young, 2014; and Multilateralism in the 21st Century (co-edited with C. Bouchard and N. Tocci, 2014).

Ettore Greco is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy, and head of its transatlantic program. He is the author of a number of publications on the EU's institutions and foreign policy, transatlantic relations and the Balkans. He has been a free-lance journalist since 1988.

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List of Tables-. List of Abbreviations-. Notes on Contributors-. Preface-. Introduction: Chapter One. Where Things Stand and What Happens Next; John Peterson-. Part One. Theory and History of Transatlantic Relations-. Chapter Two. The Transatlantic Security Community. Erosion from Within?; Thomas Risse-. Chapter Three. Multipolarity, Multilateralism, and Leadership: The Retreat of the West?; John Peterson, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci-. Chapter Four. The Historical Evolution of the Transatlantic Partnership; Maria Green Cowles and Michelle Egan-. Part Two. Domestic and Systemic Drivers of Change-. Chapter Five-. All Roads Don't Lead to Brussels (But Most Do): European Integration and Transatlantic Relations; John Peterson-. Chapter Six. The Domestic Setting of American Approaches to Europe; Daniel S. Hamilton-. Chapter Seven. Collective Action or Beggar My Neighbour? Europe and America Face the Emerging Powers; Jolyon Howorth-. Part Three. Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance-. Chapter Eight. Competitive Interdependence. Transatlantic Relations and Global Economic Governance; Chad Damro-. Chapter 9. The Paradoxes of the Liberal Order. Transatlantic Relations and Security Governance; Riccardo Alcaro-. Chapter 10. The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria: Europe, the US, and Global Human Rights Governance; Nathalie Tocci-. Chapter 11. Past, Present and Future of Transatlantic Cooperation for Climate Governance; Christine Bakker and Francesco Francioni-. Conclusions: 12. Beyond Resilience. The Case for Transatlantic Leadership; Riccardo Alcaro and Ettore Greco-. Bibliography-. Index.