Transatlantic Relations Four Years Later: The Elusive Quest for a Strategic Vision
September 14, 2012 / Emiliano Alessandri
The International Spectator
This essay was published in the September 14th edition of The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs
The transatlantic tensions of the Bush years are behind us but the future of transatlantic relations remains uncertain at the closing of the Obama term. Policy alignment has been found on a host of issues but ‘existential’
questions have resurfaced, casting shadows on Western unity and relevance in the coming years. So far the crisis has failed to focus attention on the need for a common vision for the 21st century. Senior Transatlantic Fellow Emiliano Alessandri draws a balance sheet of transatlantic cooperation over the past four years and identifies areas of urgent engagement for after the US presidential elections on November 6.



