International Relations since the End of the Cold War : New and Old Dimensions.

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Past -- 1. The Evolving Structure of World Politics, 1991-2011 -- 2. From Realism to the Liberal Peace: Twenty Years of Research on the Causes of War -- 3. War, Democracy, and Peace -- 4. Victory: The "State," the "West," and the Cold War -- 5. The United States and the Cold War: Four Ideas that Shaped the Twentieth-Century World -- 6. The Cold War and Its Legacy -- 7. Two Finales: How the End of the Third World and the End of the Cold War Are Linked -- 8. Nuclear Weapons and International Relations Since the End of the Cold War -- 9. The Development of the Arms Race and How We Think About It -- 10. Between Primacy and Decline: America's Role in the Post-Cold War World -- 11. Russia and the West: Twenty Difficult Years -- 12. The European Union at Twenty: Can Europe Be Saved? -- 13. China's Prolonged Rise: Legitimacy Challenges and Dilemmas in the Reform and Opening-Up Era -- 14. After the West? Toward a New International System? -- Conclusion: The Future -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

In International Relations Since the End of the Cold War many of the world's leading scholars examine the Cold War legacy. The authors examine several key issues including: the relationship between democracy and peace, the Cold War and the Third World, superpowers, the role of post-Cold War nuclear weapons.

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