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The term '''Atlanticist''' (or Atlanticism) carries a variety of meanings, depending on one's perspective. One example comes from Christodoulos Pelaghias in his article for the [[http://www.erpic.org European Rim Policy and Investment Council]], "[http://www.erpic.org/Atlanticist%20credentials.html The Atlanticist credentials of the next Cyprus president]":
:The "term Atlanticism is used to describe, without intending to oversimplify, the views of those who support a US-led American-European coalition that would continue to dominate the world scene. As opposed that is, to a [[Euro-Centrist]] view. Advocates of the latter, without denying America's primary role in international affairs, argue that not only Europeans but increasingly Europe as a constituted political unit have distinct interests from those of the United States, and that it is necessary to express and act upon such interests."[http://www.erpic.org/Atlanticist%20credentials.html]
In writing about [http://www.albany.edu/mottram/emmag1kt.html Contemporary British and American poetry], Keith Tuma refers to '''Atlanticist culture'''. Tuma states that "after World War II, tremendous effort was put into constructing and administering an Atlanticist culture." Atlanticism, he says, "was an American invention and bore an American signature."
[[Conrad Black]], in a speech delivered at the [[Nixon Center]] in Washington, D.C. [http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh107black.htm "English-Speaking Peoples
The European Union, Britain and the United States: Which Way to Go?]" provides some perspective on the '''Atlanticist''' versus Eurocentric situation. Black points out that "Unlike Britain, none of the largest continental European countries has durably effective political institutions. Those of Germany date from 1949; France's from 1958; Spain's from 1975. The Italians are still trying to reform their constitution. All have proportional representation voting systems and cumbersome coalition governments. It is understandable that these countries, unlike Britain, might feel that in moving toward federation they are not, in institutional terms, giving up much." And, he adds, "None of the continental European countries has a particular affinity with the United States and Canada or anything slightly comparable to Britain's dramatic modern historic intimacy with North America."
