POLS 3435 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Madeleine Albright, Marshall Plan, Conflict Resolution
17 Nov 2016
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Even when the us was isolationist, they still traded with europe. Seek to do this in a similar way. Usa was a colonial power of the uk. Us reaction to common security and defense policy. Us view of eu: self-reliant vs. challenger. Be self reliant but don"t take that too far. Eu view of us: autonomy vs. abandonment. If we start to share the burden, then when is the us abandoning them. These two tensions are at the core. Us secretary of state madeleine albright : Europe should not be unhooked from broader alliance decision making (referring to nato) Sense that the us isn"t trusting europe. Do not discriminate against non eu and nato countries. The eu responded with a lot of diplomacy. The message: csdp was not a threat to the us or nato and would enable the eu to improve military capacity (useful to the alliance)
