Europe 2005: Turbulence Ahead and What It Means for the United States

Europe 2005: Turbulence Ahead? The United States and the Old Continent, by Gary L. Geipel and Robert Dujarric, is a prescient analysis of transatlantic tensions written in 1995, anticipating the mounting strains between the United States and Europe in the post-Cold War world. Published a decade ahead of its titular focus year, the book explores diverging views on security, diplomacy, and global leadership, offering early warnings about fractures in the NATO alliance and the durability of Western cooperation. Rather than treating the U.S.–Europe relationship as fixed, the authors examine how shifting national interests and cultural differences were already eroding the foundation of the alliance.

Ideal for scholars of U.S. foreign policy, European integration, and strategic studies, this work serves as a valuable time capsule of geopolitical foresight. Geipel and Dujarric’s arguments remain relevant for understanding the long-term trends that would define the 21st-century transatlantic relationship. As both an early diagnosis and a strategic reflection, the book offers insight into how the world’s most important democratic partnership might evolve—or fracture.