The Uncertain Superpower Domestic Dimensions of U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War

the republican party, especially within those groups that supported President Bush. There was a strong backlash in Europe against this more unilateralist and more isolationist foreign policy of the Bush administration. Transatlantic re­ lations went through a difficult phase in the Spring of 2001, each side criti­ cizing the other for doing the wrong thing and for damaging transatlantic re­ lations. In Europe, President Bush was not seen as a world leader, but rather as the governor from Texas. Europeans criticized the Bush administration for not accepting the role as the only remaining superpower and for not accepting the global responsibility linked to being a global power. Transatlantic rela­ tions were at a low point in June of 2001 when President Bush came to Europe the first time. All of that changed overnight with the terror attacks of September 11, 200 I. Millions of Europeans demonstrated their solidarity with the American people. In Berlin, for example, approximately 200,000 people took part in a demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate on September 14 to show their solidarity with the American people. International terrorism was the new common challenge. For several months it seemed like the old trans­ atlantic quarrels would be forgotten. There was a new spirit in transatlantic relations, a new commitment to fight common enemies and protect common values. The question was, how long would it last.

Introduction: The Uncertain Superpower after ‘September 11’.- I Constitutional and Institutional Dimensions: Executive, Legislative, Public Opinion and the Media.- Constitutional and Institutional Dimensions: White House-Congress Relations After the End of the ‘Imperial Presidency’.- Divided Government: The Democratic Dilemma of Making U.S. Foreign Policy.- Apathy, Interest, and the Politics of American Foreign Policy.- Domestic Sources of US Foreign Policy.- II U.S. Leadership and the Reform of Western Security Institutions.- “U.S. Leadership and the Reform of Western Security Institutions: NATO Enlargement and ESDP”.- Recasting the Atlantic Bargain.- U.S. Leadership and the Reform of Western Security Institutions: NATO-Enlargement and ESDP.- III U.S. Leadership in Crisis: The Balkans, Russia and China.- ‘With One Hand Tied Behind Our Back’: Collective Memory, The Media And US Intervention From The Gulf War To Afghanistan.- U.S. Policy Toward The Balkans: The Role Of Domestic Factors And Lessons Learned.- U.S. Leadership and Domestic Factors in Dealing with Russia During the Clinton Administration.- Congressional Politics and U.S. China Policy 1996–2000.- IV U.S. Leadership in International Institutions and Multilateral Regime-Building.- False Choices: Unilateralism, Multilateralism, and U.S. Foreign Policy.- The Lack of U.S. Leadership in Climate Change Diplomacy.- Selected Reading List.

Dr. Bernhard May, deputy director of the research institute and head of the USA/Transatlantic Relations program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin; Dr. Michaela Hönicke-Moore, DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.