Coming in from the Cold War

Changes in U.S.-European Interactions since 1980

Sabrina P. Ramet, Christine Ingebritsen

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2001
• eBook ISBN: 9780742574151
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The early 1980s brought dramatic changes in East-West relations. The decade began with the death of Yugoslavia's Tito, the birth of Poland's Solidarity trade union, and the U.S. election of Ronald Reagan as president. These key developments, together with the growing financial insolvency of the Soviet bloc and shifts in power in the Kremlin-culminating in the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985-signalled the end of an era. Since then, U.S. relations with Europe have charted a new course, influenced especially by the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the expansion of NATO, and the growing strength of the European Union. This volume analyzes U.S. relations with Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, and examines the new role for NATO in the post-Cold War world and the evolving dynamics in the U.S.-EU partnership. Through their assessment of mutual perceptions, evolving interests, and clashing agendas, the contributors offer a fresh and thoughtful exploration of the relationship between the United States and the major European states.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• 1 The United States and Europe: Toward Greater Cooperation or a Historic Parting?—An Idealist Perspective
• 2 NATO As a Postmodern Alliance
• 3 A Competitive Relationship: The Maturing of the EU–U.S. Relationship, 1980–2000
• 4 A Relationship Both Special and Mundane: The Politics of Power, Party, and Leadership in U.S.–British Relations since 1980
• 5 Renegotiating the Marriage Contract: Franco-American Relations since 1981
• 6 The Impact of Post–Cold War Changes on the U.S.–German Relationship
• 7 A Coming into Europe: The U.S.–Spanish Relationship since 1980
• 8 From the Cold War to the “Cold Peace”: U.S.–Russian Interactions from Gorbachev to the Present
• 9 “Let Poland be Poland”: The U.S.–Polish Relationship from 1980 to the Present
• 10 Ukraine and the United States since 1991: The Reshaping of Expectations
• 11 The Future of NATO and the Euro-Atlantic Community: Productive Partnerships and Constructive Ends?
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects
• About the Contributors