Publisher's Synopsis
When the communist threat ceased, the old trans-atlantic community of Europeans and north Americans also ceased and was replaced by a new "euro-atlantic community". Politicians have identified this community on the basis of new common interests which supersede the geographical and functional constraints of the old trans-atlantic community. They point to more widely shared values such as individual liberty, democracy and free markets. This work examines the issues, the opportunities and problems that are part of the new "euro-atlantic community".