Sustaining Western Leadership
Daniel W. Drezner, Tufts University | March 25, 2008
The fact that the US and the EU are now responsible for under 30% of world exports indicates a decline of primacy. ++ Discussions held by the elites at the Brussels Forum highlighted the need for a closer transatlantic partnership when dealing with new global "state and nonstate threats". ++ Internal discord in the EU and the US is hindering the focus on external common interests.
