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Germany-based American journalist Pond is currently editor of Transatlantic Internationale Politik and a correspondent for the Washington Quarterly ; she was previously a longtime European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor . Commissioned by the European Union Studies Association to examine post-9/11 security issues in the transatlantic community, her study examines the increasing gulf between the U.S. and its traditional European allies. Coverage includes the shock of 9/11, the emerging transatlantic misgivings in early 2002, the strained German-American-French relations from August 2002 to the start of the war in Iraq in spring 2003, and postwar issues of concern to Europe. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A Brookings Institution Press and European Union Studies Association publicationRelations between the U.S. and Europe have declined in recent years, and today they are worse than at any time since the 1950s. In Friendly Fire, a veteran reporter known for her shrewd observations of political behavior in Europe examines the widening gulf and worsening acrimony between the U.S. and its traditional allies on the European continent.Elizabeth Pond examines a number of disputes—chronic trade quarrels, the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, Israeli-Palestinian violence, and Iraq—and identifies the ways in which they reinforce and exacerbate one another. European governments have accepted a rhetorical responsibility for global (and not just European) security, but the dearth of defense funding in Europe, disagreements over tactics, and the bad American temper toward the Europeans have added to the estrangement.
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