Europe's War on Terror and the Atlantic Divide

Russell Berman, Wednesday, March 24, 2010

4:30pm, MMCH* 103 (Breed Hall)

(*Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall (MMCH) is located at the intersection of Margaret Morrison and Tech Streets, next to the tennis courts, across from the Tepper School of Business. Enter through the rotunda, and then turn right to Breed Hall.)

Russell A. Berman is the Walter A.  Haas Professor in the Humanities and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. 

The United States responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 contributed to a wave of European anti-Americanism. In the wake of the Madrid and London bombings, however, attitudes toward counter-terrorism initiatives developed into a multifaceted European reaction against Islamist terror, albeit with noteworthy national differences. While explicit animosity to United States policies has subsided, trans-Atlantic relations nonetheless remain impaired. Differences that erupted over counter-terrorism were arguably symptomatic of a more profound divergence. This transition involves questions of cultural values and national identities in the context of profound strategic challenges and a transformed international system.

Co-sponsored by the International Relations and Politics Program and Department of Modern Languages