Abstract
Though based on the historic interaction between Atlantic peoples, the Atlantic Civilization only became a reality after World War II with the East West conflict. It comprised a liberal economic order and democratic states, most of which were linked together in a military alliance and led by the United States. The system is now severely challenged by consequences of globalization and a revival of geopolitics, in particular Russia’s intervention in the Ukraine as well as terrorism and the rise of populism. Its future depends on successfully dealing with the new threats to its central values.
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Karl W. Deutsch et al., Political Community and the North Atlantic Area. International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience, Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1957.
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This and the following theses are developed in greater detail in Karl Kaiser, Deutsche Außenpolitik in der Verflechtungsfalle, in Gunther Hellmann/Daniel Jakobi/Ursula Stark Urrestarazu (eds.), “Früher, entschiedener, und substantieller?” Die neue Debatte über Deutschlands Außenpolitik, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2015, pp. 35–43.
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Developed in greater detail in Karl Kaiser, Transnational Relations as a Threat to the Democratic Process, in Robert O. Keohane/Joseph S. Nye (eds.), Transnational Relations and World Politics. Special Issue, International Organization, Vol. 25, Nr.3/1971, pp. 706–720.
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These arguments are expanded in Karl Kaiser, Wie unentbehrlich ist Amerika für Deutschland?, in Xuewu Gu/Hanns Jürgen Küsters (eds.), Was Deutschland und die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält. Politik und Intellektuelle in der deutschen Zeitgeschichte und die Rolle Deutschlands in der globalisierten Welt. Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von Hans-Peter Schwarz, Bonn: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2015, pp. 103–116.
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Deutsch, Karl W. et al., Political Community and the North Atlantic Area. International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience, Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1957.
Kaiser, Karl, Transnational Relations as a Threat to the Democratic Process, in: Keohane Robert O./Nye, Joseph S. (eds.), Transnational Relations and World Politics. Special Issue, International Organization, Vol. 25, Nr.3/1971, pp. 706–720.
Kaiser, Karl, Wie unentbehrlich ist Amerika für Deutschland?, in: Gu, Xuewu/Küsters, Hanns Jürgen (eds.), Was Deutschland und die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält. Politik und Intellektuelle in der deutschen Zeitgeschichte und die Rolle Deutschlands in der globalisierten Welt. Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von Hans-Peter Schwarz, Bonn: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2015, pp. 103–116.
Kaiser, Karl, Deutsche Außenpolitik in der Verflechtungsfalle, in: Gunther Hellmann, Gunter/Jakobi, Daniel/Stark Urrestarazu, Ursula (eds.), “Früher, entschiedener, und substantieller?” Die neue Debatte über Deutschlands Außenpolitik, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2015, pp. 35–43.
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Kaiser, K. (2019). Atlantic Civilization. In: Kühnhardt, L., Mayer, T. (eds) The Bonn Handbook of Globality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90382-8_21
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