A Transatlantic Partnership for a Changing World

Barack Obama’s highly-publicized pivot towards the Asia Pacific region has raised widespread concerns that the United States is deliberately recalibrating its transatlantic ties. But are these fears misplaced, or at least premature? In order to answer this question, today we present a selection of primary resources that outline how the US envisions its current and future relationship with Europe.

Table of contents:

• The United States and Europe: Current Issues
• The United States and Europe: Meeting Global Challenges
• An Alliance the World Can Count On
• Joint Statement by the President of the United States of America Barack Obama and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin
• Examining the European Debt Crisis and its Implications

Recommended readings:

• external pageNew START Implementationcall_made, Testimony by Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, 21 June 2012.
• external pageThe NATO Summit in Chicagocall_made, Testimony by Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 10 May 2012.
• external pageThe Chicago Summit and U.S. Policycall_made, Testimony by Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 26 April 2012.
• external pageCreating Jobs: Economic Opportunities in Europe and Eurasiacall_made, Testimony by Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment , 27 March 2012.
• The Future of American Landpower: Does Forward Presence Still Matter? The Case of the Army in Europe, John R Deni, Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI), October 2012.
• external pageRussia's Accession to the World Trade Organization and Granting Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relationscall_made, Testimony by William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary, 20 June 2012.
• The European Union: Foreign and Security Policy,Derek E Mix, Congressional Research Service (CRS), 15 August 2011.
• external pageU.S. Foreign Policy in Europecall_made, Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 27 September 2012.
• external pageU.S. Defense Strategy Review and Europecall_made, Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, January 9, 2012.
• external pageArmenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for US Interestscall_made, Jim Nichol, Congressional Research Service (CRS), 27 September 2012.
• external pageU.S. Policy Toward the Balkanscall_made, Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 13 November 2012.
• external pageU.S.-Georgia Relations After the Georgian Parliamentary Electionscall_made, Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 24 October 2012.