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" Fostering a transatlantic renaissance to salvage the Western alliance Is the Western alliance, which brought together the United States and Europe after World War II, in an inevitable state of decline, and if so, can anything be done to repair it? There seems little doubt that fragmentation of the Western alliance was under way even before Donald Trump's unorthodox policymaking broadened the schism. Opinions differ as to the next step, however, with some taking the current divisions as a given and advocating the creation of a new group of like-minded democracies that would exclude the United States,while others seek to exploit the rift in hopes of furthering their own nationalistic ambitions for a postliberal world. The authors outline a “transatlantic renaissance,” in which U.S. and European leaders would work together to craft a new Atlantic Charter that would restore the liberal objectives that animated the Western alliance for more than seven decades. Modernizing institutional relationships across the Atlantic should help both the United States and Europe address common challenges jointly and improve burdensharing. The world needs a vibrant and energetic West to protect fundamental values from illiberal forces, both internal and external. "
The Last Resort is based on a true story of one man's dream to leave the rat race in the city and his salary position as a construction project manager to become an owner/operator of a holiday resort. By the late 1980's, Les Horvath is burnt out from his high-pressure job and long commute to the city and begins to dream about having a different lifestyle. With the belief that being an Innkeeper at a resort or lodge would be the perfect lifestyle, Les begins the search for an existing affordable property. With limited funds, it soon becomes apparent that resorts within his budget are small and require extensive repairs, or major expansions. Just as it seems he may have to abandon his search for the dream, he happens upon a recent listing for a resort called The Norsemen Restaurant/Walker Lake Resort. Les instantly falls in love with the fourteen-acre property in Muskoka Ontario that consists of a beautiful main lodge, seven cottages, and a fine dining restaurant with a small lake as a backdrop. However, the price is well above anything Les can afford, and the only way he can acquire The Norsemen or an equivalent business, is to consider some sort of a partnership.With the goal of finding a partner to make his Innkeeping dream a reality, Les approaches his best friend Jackson Bale. Jackson, or Jack for short is living the same rat race lifestyle, so he is more than eager to give up his career to live the dream lifestyle. With Jack onboard, the two friends take the unconventional long shot approach to buy the Norsemen Resort. The Norsemen yields a hefty price tag, and the requirement of a fine dining chef, so together they search for a means of securing the property. In the end, five equal partners place an offer to purchase the Norsemen, and must now overcome the hurdle of securing a mortgage. Against the odds, and many doors slammed shut on the group's quest for a mortgage, the partners eventually find a last minute unconventional lender, and secure the funds, obtaining ownership of the Norsemen Resort. However, almost immediately after settling into the resort lifestyle, the partnership is beginning to deteriorate, and life at the Norsemen is quickly becoming a nightmare. Within mere weeks of obtaining ownership, the first partner decides to leave, followed closely by a second. Now Les and the two remaining partners must run the entire business alone, and with everyone's life savings sunk into the resort, there is no choice but to keep the operation running at all costs. A succession of unfortunate events ensues, and the life at the Norsemen is now quickly becoming a financial and physical burden that the remaining partners simply cannot sustain.The partners decide that they must sell the resort, and proceed to list the property in the worst commercial real estate market that the Muskokian region has ever seen. With the possibility of selling the resort a long shot, Les tries to keep the business afloat, whilst yet another partner leaves the group. With personal bankruptcy in the horizon, Les has no choice but to enter a new kind of rat race. He must return to his old career to make ends meet, while simultaneously trying to sell his beloved Norsemen. Then, in another twist of fate, the partners receive an offer of purchase. However, this too is unconventional, and caught between a rock and hard place, Les and the remaining active partner will have to endure another six months of involuntary Innkeeping at the Norsemen.
This book proposes that the European Union should craft a grand strategy to navigate the new world order based on a four-pronged approach. First, European decision-makers (both in Brussels and across EU capitals) should take a broader view of their existential interests at stake and devote greater time and resources to serving them within the wider cause of the liberal order. Second, Europe needs to help reinvigorate the West by restoring a sense of solidarity through fairer distribution of benefits and burdens. Third, it should develop separate strategies for parts of the world, such as Russia and China, where liberal values are not likely to be attainable in the foreseeable future yet order is still necessary. Fourth, Europe needs to clarify its core interests elsewhere and help stabilize the Middle East and Africa. With this book, the author seeks to lay the essential building blocks for developing a European strategy, which is a complex process involving multiple decision-makers and institutions.
Author : John R Deni Publisher : University of Michigan Press Page : 275 pages File Size : 43,11 MB Release : 2021-01-12 Category : Political Science ISBN : 0472128795
Why does the United States need European allies, and why is it getting more difficult for those allies to partner with Washington in standing up to China, pushing back against Russia, and pursuing other common interests around the world? This book addresses the economic, demographic, political, and military trends that are fundamentally upending the ability and willingness of European allies to work with Washington. Brexit and its impact on Britain’s economy and its military, Germany’s seemingly relentless economic and political rise, France’s continuing economic malaise, Italy’s aging population and its withdrawal from major overseas operations, and Poland’s demographic decline and single-minded obsession with Russia will combine to make partnership with Washington nearly impossible. In short, the constellation of allies and partners the United States has relied on since 9/11 will look very different a decade from now. How should Washington respond? It doesn’t hold all the cards, but this book offers an array of practical recommendations for American leaders. By leveraging these proposals, U.S. policy-makers can avoid the worst-case scenarios and make the most of limited opportunities.
Since the Libya War in 2011 it has been widely suggested that NATO's role in US security policy has diminished, because Washington gives Europe less and Asia more strategic priority (a tendency that is reinforced by budget restraints), and because the US is no longer interested in always leading NATO activities that mainly concern European conditions. Several experts have suggested that the US expect that the European security challenges primarily should be handled by NATO's European allies in a new transatlantic burden sharing model, and that the US role should principally be Article V-focused. This book investigates to what extent these claims are valid, and what consequences they may have for European and international security.