Lorenzo Cladi - Böcker

This book provides a neorealist explanation of transatlantic relations and explores key issues at the forefront of the relationship between the US and its European allies in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.Transatlantic relations, involving the relationship between the United States and its European counterparts, are an essential feature and a cornerstone of the foreign policy of many states. Whilst the transatlantic allies share a relationship that has been in place since 1945, the re-election of Donald J. Trump as US President, the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine, and unsettled issues around European strategic autonomy all pose questions on the state of the partnership. This book utilises a neorealist theoretical framework to tackle these questions. It argues that transatlantic relations continue to prosper and European states remain dependent on the US for their security, which is made viable and necessary by means of dealing with collective threats to the security of transatlantic allies, of which the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most obvious recent manifestation. The book also deals with other notable case studies of transatlantic relations, such as the French intervention in Mali and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.This book will be of interest to students of European security, Foreign Policy, and International Relations.

This book engages with key contemporary European security issues from a variety of different theoretical standpoints, in an attempt to uncover the drivers of foreign policy and defence integration in the EU. Although European foreign policy has been attracting an ever-increasing number of International Relations (IR) scholars since the end of the Cold War, consensus on what drives European foreign policy integration has not yet emerged. This book seeks to encourage debate on this issue by examining a wide range of high-profile security issues which have roused significant interest from policy makers, academics and the public in recent years. The volume discusses, amongst other issues, the strategic posture of the European Union as a security actor, the troubled relationship with Russia, the debate regarding France’s relations with the US following France’s rapprochement with NATO and the EU’s influence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The collective intent of the contributors to highlight the drivers of EU foreign policy and defence integration ties together the wide variety of topics covered in this volume, forming it into a comprehensive overview of this issue. By paying considerable attention not just to the internal drivers of EU cooperation, but also to the critical role played by the US as an incentive or obstacle to European security, this book presents a unique contribution to this field of debate.This book will be of much interest to students of European security, IR theory, Transatlantic Relations, European politics and EU foreign policy.