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Transatlantic Academy Publishes Newest Report: The State of the Transatlantic World 2014

The Transatlantic Academy, supported in part by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, has just published their new report, “The State of the Transatlantic World 2014“.

Revelations of U.S. spying have badly damaged German trust in the United States, but Russia’s annexation of Crimea is likely to strengthen transatlantic relations, several prominent scholars argue in a new publication from the Transatlantic Academy, a collection of commentaries called “The State of the Transatlantic World.”

“Beyond the basic revelation that America is spying on its closest allies, the perception that the U.S. government is oblivious to the rights of citizens in allied countries and seems unconcerned about taking actions to change the situation has undermined trust and the sense that the Transatlantic Community is a value-based one,” Transatlantic Academy Executive Director Stephen F. Szabo writes in his introduction to the anthology.

Based at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington and also supported by additional European, U.S., and Canadian foundations, including the ZEIT-Stiftung, the Transatlantic Academy brings together scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic as fellows to examine various themes central to the transatlantic relationship. Past themes of focus have included immigration, Turkey’s foreign policy, the shift in global power away from the West, competition for natural resources, and the challenges to liberal order at home and on the international level.

“The State of the Transatlantic World” is designed to be a new annual contribution to transatlantic dialogue on the challenges facing Europe and North America. The first edition of the pocket-sized publication includes essays by 31 former and current Academy fellows, covering a broad range of topics: from the Snowden affair’s impact on U.S.-German relations to Turkey’s present turbulence; from the changing energy environment in the transatlantic community to the crisis in Ukraine.

For more news on this and other Transatlantic Academy projects, visit their website.