World Chronicle 870: Christopher Patten, EU

Michael Littlejohns interviews Christopher Patten, European Union (EU) External Relations Commissioner, for World Chronicle program 870.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:01
• Production Date: 16 September 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: EROL AVDOVIC; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: EUROPEAN UNION - EU
• Subject Topical: EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE; POLITICAL AFFAIRS; SECURITY SITUATIONS; UNITED NATIONS ROLE
• Geographic Subject: EUROPE; UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 2118550
• Parent Id: 827689

Description

Peace, Security and Nation Building: Europe’s View

While often working together, Europe and the United States have their differences when approaching a number of international issues, from peace and security to nation-building. When these differences arise, is the United Nations the best forum for trying to forge a consensus? And is Europe more multilateralist simply because it doesn’t like to invest as much in its own military? In this edition of World Chronicle, Christopher Patten, the European Union’s External Relations Commissioner, analyses the dynamics of the relationship between the EU, the US, and the UN by drawing on a number of contemporary examples: from the dilemma over how to deal with Iraq, to the lessons of involvement in the Balkans and in Afghanistan.

• Scripts: File; 870.pdf (37.38 KB)