Europe and America in the 1980s: Old Barriers, New Openings

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Europe and America in the 1980s: Old Barriers, New Openings

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Kiran Klaus Patel / Ken Weisbrode, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute
Veranstaltungsort
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Florence
Land
Italy
Vom - Bis
14.05.2010 - 15.05.2010
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Weisbrode, Ken

By most accounts, the 1980s represented a return to the high politics of the Cold War with economic and social relations taking a back seat to a resurgence of military tension, followed by the dramatic winding down of the East-West conflict. Other transatlantic issues – particularly those that predominated during earlier decades like trade, the environment, and monetary policy – seem to have withdrawn to the margins. Yet European integration took critical steps in the 1980s; several people have even argued that the Delors era achieved more in European integration than any period since the establishment of the Coal and Steel Community.

Where does the United States—and, more broadly, transatlantic relations—fit in this story? Was this a case of benign neglect, or were there important steps taken across the Atlantic which facilitated the deepening, and paving the way for the later widening, of the EU? What does the relative absence or presence of transatlantic consensus in the 1980s tell us about the nature of the post-war (i.e. 1989) relationship and the nature of international order itself? Should American and European governments have paid more prominent attention to non-military issues during this decade? If so, which, and how?

This conference will seek to answer these questions while formulating a new research agenda for work on the 1980s in multiple fields of political, social, economic and cultural history.

Programm

Friday, 14 May

0845 Welcome: Stefano Bartolini

0900 Introduction: Kiran Klaus Patel & Ken Weisbrode

0915 Panel 1: Cleavages and Debates

N. Piers Ludlow, London School of Economics
“Who Speaks for Europe? Evolving Transatlantic Dialogues during the 1980s”

Mark Gilbert, University of Trento
“Intellectual Overstretch? The EC Between the SEA and the Treaty of Maastricht”

Frédéric Bozo, Sorbonne—Paris III
“France, the United States and NATO: Between Europeanization and re-Atlanticization (1990-91)”

Discussant: Kiran Klaus Patel, European University Institute

1115 Break

1130 Panel 2: Problems and Trends

Matthias Schulz, University of Geneva
“Euromissiles, the INF, and Europe”

Edwina Campbell, US Air Command and Staff College
“After the Edwardians: Transatlantic Relations and the Evolution of European Politics in the 1980s”

Christian Wenkel, German Historical Institute, Paris
“France and the Problem of German Unification—a European Challenge in a Transatlantic Context”

Discussant: Gabriele D’Ottavio, University of Bologna

1330 Lunch

1500 Panel 3: Borders and Bridges

Angela Romano, European University Institute
“The Madrid CSCE meeting: Is There Still Room for
Cooperation in Europe?”

Antonio Costa Pinto & Nuno Severiano Teixeira, University of Lisbon
“Dilemmas of Democratic Consolidation, Cold War, and EU Membership: Portugal and the Transatlantic Ally”

Ksenia Demidova, European University Institute
“The Deal of the Century: the Impact of Construction of SNGP on the US-West European Relations during the First Term of the Reagan Presidency”

Discussant: Friedrich Kratochwil, European University Institute

1900 Dinner

Saturday, 15 May

0900 Panel 4: Contemporary Perspectives

Marten van Heuven, U.S. Foreign Service & National Intelligence Council (retired)
“European Integration in the 1980s: An American Practitioner’s View”

Graham Avery, Honorary Director General, European Commission
“Attitudes to Enlargement of the European Union”

David Buchan, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
“The 1980s: A Defining Decade for Europe and the US”

Discussant: Ken Weisbrode, European University Institute

1100 Break

1115 Panel 5: The Long and the Short Term

Duccio Basosi, University of Venice
“The International Economic Dimension of Transatlantic Relations in the 1980s”

Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University
“Reviving the Transatlantic Community? The Successor Generation Concept in US Foreign Affairs, 1960s-1980s”

Ken Weisbrode, European University Institute
“Contending Mental Maps of Atlanticism and Europeanism”

Discussant: Aurélie Gfeller, European University Institute

1315 General Discussion

Kontakt

Ken Weisbrode

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence

Kenneth.Weisbrode@eui.eu

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