This book examines the state of transatlantic relations in several key policy areas. It contains the key findings and recommendations resulting from the research program on Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance (2004–05), established by the Unit for Policy Planning and Research of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Contributors include Klaus Korhonen (University of Helsinki), Burkhard Auffermann and Taina Järvinen (University of Tampere and Finnish Foreign Ministry), Fraser Cameron (European Policy Centre, Brussels), Brian L. Job and Mark W. Zacher (Centre of International Relations/University of British Columbia,Vancouver), Chantal de Jonge Oudraat (Center for Transatlantic Relations), and Ingo Peters and Jan Bittner (Free University-Berlin).