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The end of the Cold War has opened up a 'real world laboratory' in which to test and refine general theories of international relations. Using the frameworks provided by structural realism, institutionalism and liberalism, The Post-Cold War International System examines how major powers responded to the collapse of the Soviet Union and developed their foreign policies over the period of post-Cold War transition. The book argues that the democratic peace has begun to generate powerful socialisation effects, due to the emergence of a critical mass of liberal democratic states since the end of th

The post-Cold War era began with a decade of conflicts often mediated by the United States as the worldメs only remaining superpower. The September 11 terrorist attacks, however, marked the dawning of a new era. The United States became preoccupied by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while around the world, new challenges and threats emerged: a more assertive Russia, an increasingly powerful China, dangerous terrorism organizations, and a refugee crisis in the Middle East that spilled into Europe. The story of this fraught era, in which the world was beset by millennial anxiety and destabilize

The collapse of the Soviet Union meant the end not only of the Cold war but also of the crucial turn in Russia?s fate. For the first time in its history Russia exists as a nation-state not as an empire. Along with the search of new identity Russians faced new challenges and threats to country?s national security and integrity (the Chechen separatist?s uprising, etc). The transitional crisis of identity seems to be finished off at the beginning of 21st century, yet the process of acceptance of new security environment and multi-cultural realities is going on. The paper examines the process of reformation of Russian national and ethnic identity and development national self-understanding in the post-Cold war era.

EUROPE'S POLITICAL EMANCIPATION FROM THE PARALYSIS OF THE COLD WAR CAN BE TRACED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE), FORMERLY THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE). THE OSCE HAS EMERGED AS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE, WITH ROOTS IN THE BLOC-TO-BLOC DIVIDED EUROPE OF THE COLD WAR. THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS OF EASTERN EUROPE HAVE RECEIVED POLITICAL INSPIRATION AND LEGITIMACY FROM THE OSCE. NOW THE OSCE IS TRYING TO STRENGTHEN ITS TIES WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO'S) BECAUSE THE OSCE RECOGNIZES THE CENTRAL ROLE NGO'S PLAY IN A VITAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

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