The social contract that kept the transatlantic partnership alive rested on a policy recipe of give-and-take on security and beyond; the US provided security while Europe, even when disagreeing, didn't stand up to America (as in Iraq), maintaining overall reciprocal arrangement.
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Nathalie TocciEvidence Quote
“there was a give and take both on security and beyond security... when the United States did things that actually Europeans did not fully agree with, i.e., invading Iraq, you know, they didn't really stand up to the United States.”
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Nathalie Tocci and Matthias Matthijs: Are Europe and the United States Finally Heading For Divorce?— Foreign AffairsCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:08:35 PM
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