Newport Papers
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It would in any case have been desirable to review the transatlantic relationship more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, taking account of the interlinked processes of globalization and a changing security agenda. The events of 11 September 2001 and the publication of the U.S. national security strategy in September 2002 reinforced the need. A review was made imperative by the fissures opened up within Western alliance and security structures, as well as globally, by the action of the United States and United Kingdom against Iraq, and arguably the requirement was further reinforced by the reelection of President George W. Bush in November 2004. Whatever the longer- term outcome of that reelection and of Iraq, transatlantic relations have changed, as have intra-European ones. It is time, especially for Britain, to think hard about what has happened and what the next steps should be.
Publication Date
2005
Publisher
U.S. Naval War College Press
City
Newport, Rhode Island
Keywords
Newport Papers, England, Great Britain, Special Relationship, Geopolitics
Recommended Citation
Hopkinson, William, "The Atlantic Crisis" (2005). Newport Papers. 23.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-newport-papers/23
