Conversation on Transatlanticism and Europe Blog

by Arthur Maximilian John and Kasey Golding (KU Leuven) This blog post was written for the course "Current Issues in Global and EU Affairs", which took place from February 11-May 9, 2019. Build-up to the 2010 NFL International Series Game at Wembley Stadium between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers Image Credit: Flickr user 'Thomas' via Wikimedia Commons From debates over NATO and defense spending to major international agreements such as the Iran Nuclear Deal and the Paris Climate Agreement, it is no surprise that the high political discussions of the transatlantic relationship have been going through a rough patch.   Just a quick Google News search reveals the current struggles of one of the strongest geopolitical relationships of the last five decades. Wherever we look we seem to find more and more reasons to believe that Europe and the US are heading down a dangerous path—one in which we might even see the two venture ...

by Francesca Robinson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) This blog post was written for the course "Current Issues in Global and EU Affairs", which took place from February 11-May 9, 2019. Image Credit: Christoph Scholz, via Wikimedia Commons Brexit has been quite a hot topic since Britain decided its fate in 2016.   Most of the literature on this British EU exit focuses on the impact that Brexit will have on EU institutions and member states.   However, Brexit does not just affect European countries. Brexit will have significant impacts not only on the relationship between the UK and the US, but also on the relationship between the US and the EU.   The potential future economic consequences of Brexit are of great concern .   Within the UK itself, there are fears that a hard Brexit deal, in which the UK will be denied access to the EU common market, would bring economic hardships to the UK.   There are es...