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Transatlantic ties are giving way to a more loosely coupled security community than was the case in the past. Risse discusses this trend by focusing on the ‘four Is’ that are constitutive for a security community: interests, interdependence, institutions, and identity. In particular, the institutional framework of the transatlantic community (including both NATO and the EU-US relationship) is currently not fit for purpose, while transatlantic identities have also suffered, particularly in Germany. The erosion of the community has little to do with a shifting global balance of power. Rather, Risse argues that domestic trends in the USA and in Europe are largely responsible for the growing transatlantic alienation.
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Risse, T. (2016). The Transatlantic Security Community: Erosion from Within?. In: Alcaro, R., Peterson, J., Greco, E. (eds) The West and the Global Power Shift. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57486-2_2
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