Overview
The broader transatlantic relationship is increasingly described in terms of crisis. The European Union as a whole is focused on financial crisis management. And there is disappointment in Washington over Europe's inability to step up as a more serious security partner. Meanwhile, the Nordic-Baltic region stands out as a stable, responsible and dynamic part of Europe. As net contributors to prosperity, foreign policy management, development assistance and security, the region shows that market democracy still works, that a positive outward vision of the world is still possible and that there is still important work ahead for the transatlantic institutions. In fact, the region offers a model of how to retain U.S. engagement in Europe. Contents: Introduction: Executive Summary: Chapter 1: A Europe Whole and Free; Chapter 2: Embedding and Integration; Chapter 3: Russia and the East; Chapter 4: Energy Security; and Chapter 5: US Engagement. Addendum: Nordic-Baltic-US Energy Cooperation: Any Progress Expected?Contributors include Urban Ahlin (MP, deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament), Per Augustsson (CTR), Erik Brattberg (CTR), Ian Brzezinksi (Atlantic Council), Matthew Bryza (former U. S. ambassador to Azerbaijan), Veronika Wand Danielsson (Swedish ambassador to the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council), Daniel P. Fata (vice president, Cohen Group), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (president of Estonia), Jana Kobzova (European Council on Foreign Relations), Kadri Liik (International Center for Defense Studies of Estonia), Edward Lucas (Central and Eastern Europe correspondent for The Economist), Adam Daniel Rotfeld, (former minister of foreign affairs of Poland), Janis Sarts (state secretary, Ministry of Defense of Latvia), Andris Spruds (Latvian Institute of International Affairs), Toma Vala ek (director of foreign policy and defense at the Centre for European Reform), Kurt Volker (CTR), and Mike Winnerstig (Swedish Defense Research Agency).
Full Product Details
Author: Kurt Volker ,
Ieva Kupce
Publisher: Center for Transatlantic Relations
Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780984854479
ISBN 10: 0984854479
Pages: 175
Publication Date: 30 May 2012
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Kurt Volker is a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.Ieva Kupce is a Latvian Defense Ministry official and an MIPP student at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS program.
