Transatlantic
Transatlantic originally means beyond the Atlantic located , or overseas within the meaning of the relationship Europe and Africa to North and South America .
Due to the political development since around 1850 , the term has condensed in linguistic usage to the relations between Europe and North America (especially with the USA ), while at the same time the independence movements in Central and South America have loosened the ties of the former colonies to the Spanish motherland. Only in the last few years has an opposing trend been noticed here - sponsored by the former King Juan Carlos .
The majority of terms that contain the word transatlantic therefore mean a special bond (or a sought-after distance) between the USA and Europe. Examples of this meaning include:
In politics
- Atlantic Initiative - NGO in Berlin that has taken up the cause of improving transatlantic relations
- Atlantik-Brücke eV - founded in 1952 with the aim of building a bridge between the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the USA
- Transatlantic relations - especially between the EU and the USA
- Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) - an organization of European and American corporations by, lobbying the cooperation want to influence EU-US
- NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ), military alliance
In business and transport
- Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement
- Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT) or transatlantic cable for short - meanwhile numerous underwater cables laid on the seabed for telephone and data traffic. The first telegraph cable went into operation in 1858 (for a few weeks), in 1919 there were already 13, since the 1960s around 20 coaxial cables have been put into operation, e.g. B. TAT-1 through TAT-14
- Transatlantic Tunnel as a railway tunnel crossing the Atlantic
- Transatlantic flights (also "Atlantic flight")
- the continental counterpart of a transatlantic connection is the (even longer) Trans-Siberian Railway
In research and education
- Transatlantic Academy , research facility with a focus on North America and Europe
In the field of art, culture and sport
- TransAtlantik - a cultural magazine , published from 1980 to 1991
- TransAtlantic - a supergroup of four musicians from the progressive rock scene (since around 2000)
- transoceanic cultures - from a European perspective z. B. the Maya , the culture of Easter Island etc.
- Transatlantic Regatta - (usually sailing) regattas that cross the Atlantic