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No doubt the upcoming enlargement is an unprecedented moment in the history of the transatlantic alliance. Not only is this the largest single enlargement in the making - Nato will most likely accept seven new members, including the three Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Slovenia - but a few existential questions regarding the alliance need addressing as well.

Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, but nevertheless audaciously, the EU Foreign Ministers - including the ministers of Europe's incoming 10 - meeting in Luxemburg, managed to strike a common position on Iran.

U.S.-Europe ties being eroded

At an NSC meeting following the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, the U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, asked: "Why shouldn't we go against Iraq, not just Al Qaida?"

As of late, it seems Washington is a bit irritated with Turkey. After all, the Bush administration was the loudest fan of Turkey's EU membership bid at the historic Brussels summit last December.

The future of the transatlantic relationship has become a European Obsession. Americans are more relaxed on the issue. It is only natural that it should be so.