There has been a great deal of discussion in America about how the world has changed since September 11. Not surprisingly, people’s views of the “new paradigm” generally reflect their longstanding preferences. Old positions redecorate themselves in fashionable new imagery. Underneath, however, old differences persist. This seems particularly the case between the U.S. and Europe. September 11 has if anything only served to heighten the differences in transatlantic perspectives. This widening gap in geopolitical imagination threatens to cause considerable trouble within the Western alliance.
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