Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Transatlantic Community
Speaker: R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, US State Department
Chair: H. Onno Ruding, Chairman of the CEPS Board of Directors
Date: 26 March 2007
Speaking at CEPS in the aftermath of the celebratory events of the EU’s 50th anniversary, US Deputy Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns expressed strong support for a fully-fledged transatlantic partnership. The secretary called upon Europe to work together with the US to produce peace and stability in the world. On the Balkans, Burns stressed that the US “fully supports” the plan presented by UN Envoy Martti Ahtisaari leading to the independence of Kosovo. On Russia, much progress had been achieved in recent years, but some problem areas remain, such as Russia’s respect for human rights. He observed that the US sought to “engage with Russia” and so achieve a “balance of interests”.
The areas that most strongly merit the joint attention of the EU and the US are the Middle East and Africa. Calling Iran the “central banker of terrorism in the Middle-East”, the secretary said the EU and US had successfully managed to isolate the country. But he stressed they would continue to do this “peacefully, interlockingly”. On Africa, he singled out Darfur and Congo as problematic, but said that overall, the EU and the US still had a lot to do in this continent.
Concerning the attitude of the Bush Administration to international relations in general, the Under Secretary concluded by squarely stating that “neither isolation nor unilateralism” were possible.
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