The Cornerstone Project:
Providing a New Foundation for U.S. - EU Relations

"America’s relationship with our European allies and partners is the cornerstone of our engagement with the world, and it’s a catalyst for global cooperation." -- U.S. President Barack Obama

• the role and relevance of international law;
• more effective cooperation with regard to crisis management and conflict prevention;
• taking advantage of greater opportunities in the transatlantic marketplace; 
• forging new patterns of cooperation in the related areas of energy security and green technologies.

U.S.-EU energy security

• Transatlantic Energy Futures. How can Europe and the U.S. grapple with future energy questions? In this volume European and American authors explore the interrelated issues of energy security, climate change and new technologies.
• "After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe" CTR-Atlantic Council all day conference audio/video. Daniel Poneman, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy; João Vale de Almeida, EU ambassador to the United States; François Delattre, French ambassador to the United States; and Klaus Scharioth, German ambassador to the United States, gave keynote speeches.
• "Natural Gas and Energy Security in the Visegrad and the Baltic States" paper by David Koranyi and Andris Spruds.
• Frank Umbach comments on Ukraine’s Energy Security Challenges: Implications for the EU.

U.S.-EU security cooperation

• Preventing Conflict, Managing Crisis. How can the U.S. and its European partners engage more effectively to prevent conflict and manage crises around the world? Practitioners and experts offer recommendations and apply them to specific case studies.
• The Crisis Management Toolbox, which outlines the key actors, principles and instruments guiding such efforts.
• "Failed States and the International Community Nine Years After 9/11: A Shifting Paradigm?" paper by Ambassador John Herbst. See also Failed States and the International Community Ten Years After 9/11: A Shifting Paradigm?
• "Realism about Russia: Power, Interests, and Values" speech by Senator John McCain at the CTR-ISW conference "Forging a Transatlantic Consensus on Russia: Recommendations for Action"

U.S.-EU economic relations

• Forging a Transatlantic Partnership for the 21st Century, Daniel Hamilton.
• Europe's Economic Crisis. Nobel Laureate Robert Solow and eminent economists explain how the euro crisis happened and what it will take to get Europe back on track.
• "The Changing Global Knowledge Landscape and the Need for a Transatlantic Vision and a New Pragmatism" paper by Bengt-Åke Lundvall and presentation.
• "Determining Compatible Regulatory Regimes between the U.S. and the EU" paper by John F. Morrall III.
• "Looking for Transatlantic congruence in interests in fostering export growth" paper by Mark Reichwein, Marcel Beukeboom, Stephan Raes.
• Europe's Economic Future, CTR event "The Feasibility of European Monetary and Fiscal Policies".
  
  • "European Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Transatlantic Perspectives" presentation by Jacob Kirkegaard.
  • "The European Financial Stability Framework: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges" presentation by Jerome Vandenbussche.
• Knocking Down Transatlantic Economic Barriers, CTR event "How to Free the Transatlantic Marketplace: Two Approaches"
  • Transatlantic Trade: "Try a TAFTA" speech by former U.S. Ambassador Charles Ries.
  • Transatlantic Non-Tariff Barriers:  "Non-tariff measures to EU – US trade and investment" presentation by Koen Berden and Sara Taaminen, co-authors of the study Non-Tariff Measures in EU-US Trade and Investment – An Economic Analysis; "Non-Tariff Measures in EU-US Trade" presentation by Chief Economist of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade.
    

International Law and Terrorism

• The War on Terror at Ten Years: Continuity and Insufficiency, John B. Bellinger, III.
• Terrorists, A Distinct Species -- A Distinct Treatment, Amitai Etzioni.
• The ICC at Eight: Assessing U.S. Policy and International Criminal Law: Reciprocal Influences, Patricia Pinto Soares.
• "Ensuring al-Qa'ida's Demise" speech by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.
• "Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation on Homeland Security" speech by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström at the CTR event "The EU Internal Security Strategy – what does it mean for the United States?"