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Atlanticism

British  
/ ətˈlæntɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

  1. advocacy of close cooperation in military, political, and economic matters between Western Europe, esp the UK, and the US

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No longer simply a response to crises, Atlanticism became a way of conceiving the world and the US’s place within it.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2018

Atlanticism was the basis for a security mission, Nato, but it was also meant to describe a culture: the supposed affinity of the US and Europe.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2018

As Harvard history professor Charles Maier has argued, Atlanticism brought with it a “new Atlantic elite”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2018

If Atlanticism does have one stable, consistent characteristic, it is that for the past 50 years, it has been on the point of collapse.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2018

Suddenly, Germany, led by Angela Merkel, was the lonely bulwark of Europe and Atlanticism.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2016

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