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Study On Euro-American Relationship During Advancement Of The European Union

Posted on:2006-12-29Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q Y CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360155470787Subject:International relations
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The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War provided a new hope and opportunity for the development of the European Union, the economy of the European Union in an environment of peace and security is developing rapidly, speeding up the pace of economic and political unification. The addition of a group of new Eastern European members further expanded the territory of the European Union, and noticeably increased its strength as an entity, a peaceful and united Europe is gradually turning from a dream into a reality.The rapid rise of the European Union is changing the structure of the world, especially the structure of the Euro-American relationship. Because the political economy of Western Europe had long been under the leadership and control of America, and its security also under American protection and administration, these had caused the Euro-American relationship to be an unequal one. The rise of the European Union is striving to create the possibility of an "equal partnership relationship" with America, and furthermore to increase its importance in the new world structure. Faced with the pressure of the grand strategy of the European Union, America also made responsive strategic reconfigurations. This study will make use of the comparison analysis method, starting from the economic cooperation of the Western European countries after the Second World War up to the formation of the European Union, proceed to make an analytical research of the development of the Euro-American relationship in the past near-half century, and based on this explore into the future evolution and progress of the Euro-American collaboration.Ever since the end of the Cold War, the contradiction and branching of ideas between Europe and America had been expanding and becoming increasingly publicized, among them, the differing attitudes and positions they stand on the Kosovo war issue, especially towards the Iraqi War, already clearly magnified the gap in the Euro-American relationship. And even though the Eastern expansions of the European Union increased its over all strength, it also increased its inner contradictions, and provided America with an opportunity it can make use of. Under these new circumstances, how the Euro-American relationship will reconfigure and redefine itself had become a focal point for the entire world, because the Euro-American contradictions had been around for a long time, and involves political, economic, and security defense issues,therefore, it is predictable that in the immediate future, Euro-American relationship reconfigurations will not be smooth and obstruction-free.In the near future, the European Union will still continue to expand Eastward, the realization of the unification of Europe is still a long and arduous road, especially the realization of political unification which is the most difficult, add to the fact that there is still a considerable difference between the over all strength of Europe and America, especially in its national defense it still can not escape dependency on the US, plus the various mutual points Europe and America share in global benefits, political structures, and social consensus, therefore, in a predictable timeframe, the European Union will not yet part ways from the United States. But because of America's effort to secure itself of its supremacy in the world, dreaming to dominate the world, and the European Union's efforts to become completely independent of America's control and domination, and its ideology of world political polar independency, with expectations of itself becoming one of the major independent polarities, this kind of basic strategic opposition can not reach a compromise. Because of these elements, with the growing and changing strength of the various major countries in the world, especially the constant growth in strength of the European Union itself, the incompatibility of Europe and America will gradually rise and radicalize, and might very possibly elevate from a state of opposition into contention within the next few decades, or at the very least lead America into admitting equal standing with the European Union.
Keywords/Search Tags:Development of the European Union, Euro-American Relationship, Future Evolution
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