14th March 2003
The Larger Stakes in our Dispute over Iraq
It is time to put aside specific European and U.S. differences over Iraq and to consider the more enduring consequences of the current transatlantic rift. Some commentators have noted that France, Germany, and the U.S. - due to their handling of the Iraq dispute at the United Nations (UN) - have stumbled almost by accident into a situation that will have far-reaching and perhaps unintended consequences. The greatest of those consequences may be the severing of a meaningful transatlantic military link... Read the article
5th February 2003
The U.S. is taking France and Germany seriously.
On January 22, 2003, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder initiated a diplomatic conflict with the United States that almost surely will lead to major changes in the transatlantic relationship. It remains too early to know exactly how transatlantic institutions and shared goals will be reshaped - based on diverging political cultures both within Europe and between Europe and the U.S. - but it is too late to return to the status quo ante... Read the article
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