The Atlantic alliance promotes cooperation between the nations of Western Europe and North America (especially the U.S. , the Canada ), in the political, military and economic way to ensure the security of countries members and to protect the values that unite them: "the democracy , individual liberty, the government of the law (rule of law) " . The term derives from the Atlantic Ocean that both separates America from Europe and unites them. The NATO is an expression of Atlanticism. The Atlantic alliance is opposed to 'continental' but not necessarily to pacifism .

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/ / Some perceptions of Atlanticism

Since the beginning of the XXI ^century , the Atlantic is often criticized, mainly in some European countries, as a defense of economic liberalism and support for the foreign policy of the United States.

Thus, the word has taken on a negative connotation (as well as positive opinions) very strong, especially in the media Left and anti-globalization.

In Europe, some countries like United Kingdom , the Poland or the Baltic countries show a bias toward the U.S. that corresponds to the idea of Atlantis. Others, like France or Germany , seem more or less favorable to the Atlantic alliance as parliamentary majorities in power. The situation is similar in Italy and Spain , countries that have conducted a very Atlanticist foreign policy under the governments of the right (political) of Silvio Berlusconi and Jose Maria Aznar.

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