20th February 2003
The Iraq Crisis and Transatlantic Relations
The dispute between the United States and France and Germany over Iraq has resulted in deep and possibly lasting damage to transatlantic relations.
The differences between the sides can be traced to widely divergent priorities and perceptions on the two sides of the Atlantic. After September 11, the Bush administration made clear that it was not going to live in a world in which Iraq, a sworn enemy of the United States that had welcomed the terrorist attacks, possessed large stocks of chemical and biological weapons and might be continuing efforts to acquire nuclear arms. It therefore warned of and began to plan for military action against Iraq... Read the article
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