The Old World’s importance to the new world order. Egmont Commentary, 3 July 2010

Biscop, Sven and Renard, Thomas (2010) The Old World’s importance to the new world order. Egmont Commentary, 3 July 2010. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

Is the European Union – or even its Member States – still a key ally for the United States? Is the Atlantic Alliance in decline? To be sure the alleged crisis over the planned European Union-United States Summit in Madrid in the Spring of 2010, in which President Obama declined to participate, was largely exaggerated. Yet there undoubtedly is a growing feeling of marginalisation in Europe – marginalisation in international affairs, as experienced in Copenhagen, and of marginalisation in transatlantic relations, as illustrated by the fall-out over the Madrid Summit. Whether this perception is founded is not really the point: Europeans sense a growing gap with their American ally, and Washington should be aware of it.

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