| Abstrakt: |
U.S.-European relations, already on a downward slide since the mid-1990s, have deteriorated further since President Bush took office in January. Bush's reluctance to support the Kyoto treaty to curb global warming and his plans to deploy a missile defense system in defiance of a 1970s-era arms-control treaty are the two main friction points. But American positions on many other issues, including the role of NATO peacekeeping initiatives, Europe's evolving trade policies and the U.S. death penalty, also are straining bilateral relations. European critics charge that the United States is misusing its post-Cold War status as the world's sole superpower to impose its will, ignoring the interests of its closest allies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
