ACES offers a series of cases for use in the classroom on current and enduring issues in transatlantic relations. The central purpose of the case series is to teach essential concepts and principles concerning the politics and economics of relations between the European Union and the United States. Each case explores its particular topic as a specific instance of more general patterns of conflict and cooperation in transatlantic relations. European integration, EU and U.S. policymaking, and their consequences for transatlantic conflict and negotiation are thus basic themes in the series. The multiplicity of layers of policy authority on each side of the Atlantic, and shifts in the location of that authority, also feature prominently in these cases. Each case thus conveys information on specific problems in order to provide a factual foundation for students to discuss broader principles as well as the particular policy dispute. These cases are written to assist instructors of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in government, business and economics in general and are configured for courses in International Relations, Foreign Economic Policy and European Studies in particular. Prof. C. Randall Henning of American University inaugurated the series and served as Editor of Cases No. 1-3.

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2006 Cases

2006.1
Your Worlds are in my Wallet! The Impact of EU Summits on the Euro-Dollar Exchange Rate
Christian H. Fahrholz & Gerald Schneider

2006.2
Side Payments Over Solidarity: Financing the Poor Cousins in Germany and the EU
Wade Jacoby

2006.3
Central and Peripheral Regions in Europe: Can Tax Competition Attract Foreign Direct Investment Forever?
Bruno S. Sergi

2005 Cases

2005.1
Sketches of Spain: Race, Justice and the Struggle for Human Rights
Kwame Dixon 

2005.2
Policing Race and Terrorism in the UK: Closing the Racial Justice Gap
Clarence Lusane 

2005.3
Crime Wars: A Comparison of Policing Practices in New York and Paris
Cathy Schneider         

2004 Cases

2004.1
The European Union and the United States: Threats, Interests and Values
Robert J. Lieber

2004.2
The European Union and the United States: Combating Terrorism
Leslie S. Lebl

2004.3
Is There a Distinctive 'European' Approach to Stability and Reconstruction Operations?
Joanna Spear

2003 Cases

2003.1
European Integration and Transatlantic Air Services Agreements: Who Has the Authority?
Michael J. Harrison.

2003.2
U.S. versus EU Competition Policy: The Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Michael J. Harrison

2003.3
Regulatory Conflict over Data Privacy: Can the US-EU Safe Harbor Arrangement Be Sustained?
Sarah Cleeland Knight

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