Overview
* Timely and substantial analysis of the implications of the enlargement of the European Community on its relationship with the United States* Reflects recent (post 9/11) security concerns from the European and American sides
* Contributions from world experts, including researchers at The Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC)
These essays evaluate the impact of current and future EU enlargement on transatlantic relations, assess the effects of political, economic, strategic and global changes on relations between the US and a European Union of possibly 25-30 members, and formulate appropriate policy options.
Throughout there are two recurring themes. First, that the EU's prolonged integration process has burdened it with an accretion of legal texts whose combined weight threatens its own governance. And secondly, that while the direct effects of enlargement on transatlantic terms of trade, investment and business activity are likely to be small, the political outcomes will carry much greater importance.
Synopsis
*Timely and substantial analysis of the implications of the enlargement of the European Community on its relationship with the United States
* Reflects recent (post 9/11) security concerns from the European and American sides
* Contributions from world experts, including researchers at The Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC) These essays evaluate the impact of current and future EU enlargement on transatlantic relations, assess the effects of political, economic, strategic and global changes on relations between the US and a European Union of possibly 25-30 members, and formulate appropriate policy options. Throughout there are two recurring themes. First, that the EU's prolonged integration process has burdened it with an accretion of legal texts whose combined weight threatens its own governance. And secondly, that while the direct effects of enlargement on transatlantic terms of trade, investment and business activity are likely to be small, the political outcomes will carry much greater importance.