America's Grand Strategy after Bush
Summary:By G. John Ikenberry
The great challenge for the next American president will be to rebuild global institutions – the United Nations, security alliances, and multilateral mechanisms reorganized to tackle 21 st century problems. In this great endeavor, the United States has at least one indispensable partner, and that is Europe. The time is now to begin planning the agenda together.
Indeed, the most serious threat to American national security today is not a specific enemy but the erosion of the institutional [...]The time to begin crafting a new transatlantic agenda is now
Summary:By Anne-Marie Slaughter (Apr 21, 2008)
The time to begin crafting a new transatlantic agenda is now, before the inevitable transition memos are drafted by both Republicans and Democrats in the fall to guide the new American president in 2009. It is time for Europeans and Americans from all political camps to come together and focus on what issues the U.S. and the EU can collaborate on in the wider world.
When the EU and the US do align, their combined power represents 850 million people, GDP of over $ 30 trillion, the military power [...]