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The November 2000 elections in the United States have produced a divided national government, which will be a source of many problems. Nevertheless I thought I would try to begin on a more reassuring note — stressing the degree of bipartisan consensus that I am convinced exists on American international engagement, and particularly on the U.S. commitment to Europe. Both the Clinton Administration and the Republican Congress have expressed themselves on the issues before us, on a number of occasions, in a bipartisan and (I would say) constructive manner. This is no guarantee of a bipartisan and constructive future, but it is the logical starting point of any discussion of the new domestic context in the United States.
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Rodman, P.W. (2003). “U.S. Leadership and the Reform of Western Security Institutions: NATO Enlargement and ESDP”. In: May, B., Moore, M.H. (eds) The Uncertain Superpower. Berliner Schriften zur Internationalen Politik. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-11631-8_6
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