George W. Bush and the Political and Military Integration of the EU (2004-2008)

• Zakhar Vasilievich Pokudov Federal University, Kazan
• Viktor Evgenievich Tumanin Federal University, Kazan
• Marat Zufarovich Galiullin Kazan Federal University
• Elvira Imbelevna Kamaletdinova Kazan Federal University

Keywords: International relations, regional studies-foreigners, contemporary political history, George W. Bush, European integration

Abstract

The aim of the article is to study European integration and the expansion of the European union together with the Atlantic alliance during George W. Bush's second term (2004-2008), for which the historical method was used. Despite the tendency that most researchers in the field of modern history and political science tend to   focus on current events, and according to this logic it would be more appropriate to analyze Trump's foreign policy, in order to better understand the contemporary tension between the EU and the United States, today it is imperative to take a look at some contemporary historical processes. It is concluded that, to which George W. Bush's rhetoric has much in common with Donald Trump, he also laid the groundwork for change in U.S. foreign policy during Barack Obama's presidential term (2008-2016). The one-sided approach promoted primarily during George W. Bush's first term went from a gradual transformation of coalition building and the full support of the Atlantic alliance allies for the operation in Afghanistan in 2001, to more controversial rhetoric about "rebel states."

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