Dynamics of the transatlantic relationship under the impact of the Covid-19 crisis: consequences and evolutionary perspectives Cover Image

Dinamica relației transatlantice sub impactul crizei Covid-19: consecințe și perspective de evoluție
Dynamics of the transatlantic relationship under the impact of the Covid-19 crisis: consequences and evolutionary perspectives

Author(s): Carmen Sorina Rîjnoveanu
Subject(s): Regional Geography, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Geopolitics
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: security; defence; trans-Atlantic; NATO; EU; hegemony; Black Sea; Romania;

Summary/Abstract: The transatlantic relationship is the foundation of a successfull collective security, the US-Europe relationship being the central vector that defines the configuration of the liberal international order created after the Second World War. The transatlantic partnership was assumed to be a reality after 1990, with the assertion of American hegemony and the construction of an expanded European security and defense geography, including new members from Central and Eastern Europe, with NATO and EU as its main pillars. This international order is currently facing strong geopolitical pressures that have intensified in the context of the pandemic crisis. Although no major transatlantic fractures have occurred, a closer look at the consequences of the pandemic shows the existence of faults with real potential to generate a much deeper crisis on the Washington-Brussels relationship.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 14-21
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian