Definitions
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- noun Advocation of or support for cooperation among western European and North American nations regarding political, economic, and defense issues.
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- noun A
philosophy ofcooperation amongWestern European andNorth American nations.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sarkozy's "Atlanticism" - this, of course, was Blair's term, too - is just another painted wooden figure on the carousel of European self-representation.
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news 2009
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It has become standard fare in punditry to say that Russia must choose between "Atlanticism" and "Eurasianism".
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To call NATO a post-Atlantic Alliance may appear equally perverse given its decision to forge a Euro-Atlantic Partnership and a Euro-Atlantic Council but both of these were conjured into existence for a reason. i.e. 'Atlanticism' as it was traditionally understood is no longer sustainable.
unknown title 2009
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Since the election of Sarkozy, France seems to be more and more attracted by "Atlanticism" and alignment with the US.
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news 2009
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To call NATO a post-Atlantic Alliance may appear equally perverse given its decision to forge a Euro-Atlantic Partnership and a Euro-Atlantic Council but both of these were conjured into existence for a reason. i.e. 'Atlanticism' as it was traditionally understood is no longer sustainable.
unknown title 2009
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"Atlanticism", ie deciding to not have a common European position and impose division by preeemptively aligning with the extremist position coming from Washington.
European Tribune 2008
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; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: It has become standard fare in punditry to say that Russia must choose between "Atlanticism" and "Eurasianism".
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For many on the right in the UK, Atlanticism has become synonymous with a self-defeating, virulent Euroscepticism that is bad for Britain.
Labour: UK should integrate key defence decisions with Europe 2011
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Murphy will argue that "the current divide ... on defence that distinguishes between pro Europeanism and Atlanticism is unsustainable and unsuited to modern times."
Labour: UK should integrate key defence decisions with Europe 2011
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President Sarkozy can take credit or blame for this shift toward interventionist Atlanticism, but his people give him neither.
French Politics After l'Affaire Strauss-Kahn Matthew Kaminski 2011
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