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The Political Economy Of Transatlantic Relations: The Implications Of Eu Enlargement
The Political Economy Of Transatlantic Relations: The Implications Of Eu Enlargement

Author(s): Ramūnas Vilpišauskas
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla & VU Tarptautinių santykių ir politikos mokslų institutas
Keywords: effects of EU accesion / enlargement on US economy; coalition politics after the EU enlargement; transatlantic cooperation; farm subsidies;

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: moving targets, shifting interests? Recent years have seen an increase in political and scholarly attention to the relations between the members of the transatlantic community, in particular the US and the EU. Debates about the changing nature of transatlantic relations could be traced back to the end of the Cold War, changing nature of the international threats and the role of NATO, although they have particularly intensified since the election of the current US administration and events such as the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the military operations in Iraq. The disagreements on the degree of threats to the security of transatlantic community and the most appropriate responses to them together with the continuing disputes on transatlantic trade relations caused many scholars to turn their attention to the changing nature of transatlantic relations and their future

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 141-160
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English