This major new text by leading authorities takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changing relationship between the EU and the US in the 21st century and its historical, global and domestic context. The authors focus on the contrast between the policy convergence and interdependence on the one hand and the intense competition on the other.

STEVEN MCGUIRE is Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of Bath, UK. MICHAEL SMITH is Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair, Loughborough University, UK.