Riccardo Alcaro is Senior Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy. He was the Coordinator of the EU 7th Framework Programme-funded Transworld project on transatlantic relations and global governance. He is a fellow of the EU-wide programme European Foreign and Security Policy Studies (EFSPS).   John Peterson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His recent works include The European Union: How Does it Work?  (co-edited with D. Kenealy and R. Corbett, 2015); Parochial Global Europe: 21st Century Trade Politics (co-authored with A. Young, 2014; and Multilateralism in the 21st Century (co-edited with C. Bouchard and N. Tocci, 2014).  Ettore Greco is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy, and head of its transatlantic program. He is the author of a number of publications on the EU's institutions and foreign policy, transatlantic relations and the Balkans. He has been a free-lance journalist since 1988.

• List of Tables-. List of Abbreviations-. Notes on Contributors-. Preface-. Introduction: Chapter One. Where Things Stand and What Happens Next; John Peterson-. Part One. Theory and History of Transatlantic Relations-. Chapter Two. The Transatlantic Security Community. Erosion from Within?; Thomas Risse-. Chapter Three. Multipolarity, Multilateralism, and Leadership: The Retreat of the West?; John Peterson, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci-. Chapter Four. The Historical Evolution of the Transatlantic Partnership; Maria Green Cowles and Michelle Egan-. Part Two. Domestic and Systemic Drivers of Change-. Chapter Five-. All Roads Don’t Lead to Brussels (But Most Do): European Integration and Transatlantic Relations; John Peterson-. Chapter Six. The Domestic Setting of American Approaches to Europe; Daniel S. Hamilton-. Chapter Seven. Collective Action or Beggar My Neighbour? Europe and America Face the Emerging Powers; Jolyon Howorth-. Part Three. Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance-. Chapter Eight. Competitive Interdependence. Transatlantic Relations and Global Economic Governance; Chad Damro-. Chapter 9. The Paradoxes of the Liberal Order. Transatlantic Relations and Security Governance; Riccardo Alcaro-. Chapter 10. The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria: Europe, the US, and Global Human Rights Governance; Nathalie Tocci-. Chapter 11. Past, Present and Future of Transatlantic Cooperation for Climate Governance; Christine Bakker and Francesco Francioni-. Conclusions: 12. Beyond Resilience. The Case for Transatlantic Leadership; Riccardo Alcaro and Ettore Greco-. Bibliography-. Index.