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How Much of a New Agenda? International Structures, Agency, and Transatlantic Order
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Abstract This article focuses on the links between transatlantic relations - a structured array of markets, hierarchies, networks, ideas, and institutions - and broader elements of international structure and world order. It argues that the changing state of transatlantic relations reflects changes in the st... view more
This article focuses on the links between transatlantic relations - a structured array of markets, hierarchies, networks, ideas, and institutions - and broader elements of international structure and world order. It argues that the changing state of transatlantic relations reflects changes in the structure of the relations themselves, but also structural change in the global and domestic arenas and how such change shapes or reflects the actions of a wide variety of agents. The first part of the article briefly explores the importance of international structure in order to identify the global forces that shape the context for transatlantic relations. The article then examines the key mechanisms in transatlantic relations which interact to create forms of transatlantic order; these create spaces for a wide variety of agents, operating within broader elements of international and domestic structure, and the article illustrates this through the ways in which the EU's "new agenda for EU-US relations" sought to shape transatlantic interactions during the first year of the Biden presidency. The article examines the implications of transatlantic responses to the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, and concludes that despite the move to enhanced EU-US cooperation in the short term, the interaction of structures, mechanisms, and actors will contribute to continuing differentiation of transatlantic relations, at least in the medium term, whatever the preferences of US and EU policy-makers.... view less
Keywords
EU; United States of America; transatlantic relations; world order; international relations; international system
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
European Union; United States; international structure; transatlantic relations
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 219-228
Journal
Politics and Governance, 10 (2022) 2
Issue topic
Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU-US Relations
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed