Is the current Transatlantic Alliance crisis more serious than previous ones and if so why? Will the Transatlantic Alliance recover or is it headed for transformation or even dissolution? This book analyses the reasons behind the latest Transatlantic Alliance crisis, dissects its manifestations, and explores its future.

Osvaldo Croci is Associate Professor of International and European Studies at Memorial University, St John's, Canada. Amy Verdun is Professor of Political Sciences and holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada

Introduction - Osvaldo Croci and Amy Verdun PART 1 - The international context 1. Transatlantic security relations from Kosovo to Iraq - Stanley Sloan 2. NATO after Atlanticism - David Long 3. Which Venus? A normative reading of the transatlantic divide - Sonia Lucarelli 4. From out of adversity: Kosovo, Iraq and ESDP - Anand Menon 5. Kosovo, Iraq, and the evolution of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention - Francis K. Abiew 6. Managing multilateralism? EU-US relations and the challenges of regime building in South-eastern Europe - Lenard Cohen 7. Kosovo and Iraq: two test cases for the partnership between post-Soviet Russia and the West - Isabelle Facon PART II - The domestic contexts 8. From compellence to pre-emption: Kosovo and Iraq as US responses to contested hegemony - Michael Wallack 9. Competing for leadership in West European defence: France, Great Britain and the wars in Kosovo and Iraq - Alex MacLeod 10. Between Kosovo and Iraq: changing paradigms of German foreign and security policy? - Udo Diedrichs 11. A tale of two coalitions: Italy faces Kosovo and Iraq - Osvaldo Croci 12. The neutral states and the challenge of ESDP: Kosovo, Iraq, and the transatlantic divide - Nicholas Rees 13. A change of road: Canadian foreign policy from Kosovo to Iraq - Bill McGrath Conclusion - Osvaldo Croci and Amy Verdun Bibliography