Political Science 3314E Chapter Notes -Kyoto Protocol, Unilateralism, National Security Strategy (United States)
12 Jul 2012
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European leaders pronounced their unlimited solidarity with the united states. Americans respond with resentment over europe"s unwillingness to support us efforts to deal with hostile states such as iraq. Americans to accuse europeans of going soft on terrorism, or even anti-semitism. Serious observers are starting to conclude that the fundamental cultural and structural basis for a transatlantic alliance is eroding. Disparity in power between the united states and europe has grown so great that when it comes to setting national priorities. Structure is not destiny and it would be as wrong to exaggerate the gaps between. Americans and europeans as it would be to ignore them. The power gap identified by kagan is certainly a factor, it is only natural to expect that a country with the technological, military and diplomatic resources of the us is inclined to try and fix problems. Most europeans convinced that dialogue and development are more effective paths to security than is military strength.
