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The post-Cold War world is divided into two worlds -- a liberal core & a realist periphery. The core & the periphery, however, are not permanently divided, & their interaction in Europe is particularly dynamic. In general, the core powers -- led by the United States -- have moved to expand their zone of peace & prosperity eastward. And while Russia should (& often says it does) feel threatened by this eastern expansion, Moscow has generally pursued a policy of integration with the West for the last decade. Adapted from the source document.

Suggests that arguments based on the stability of a bipolar or multipolar system are misplaced. Focusing instead on democracy, economic interdependence, and technology as factors making war or peace more likely, argues that the future will best be described as a tale of 2 worlds: core states and peripheral states. (Abstract amended)

Organized around several major theoretical traditions in international relations, this essay suggests which literature in psychology should be of greatest interest to different kinds of international relations scholars. New work in cognitive social psychology and behavioral decision theory simultaneously expands on and qualifies earlier error-and-bias portraits of the foreign policy maker, thereby enriching our understanding of internal divisions within the realist camp. Work on bounded rationality in competitive markets and mixed-motive games, as well as the literature on the power of human emotions to shape judgments of what represents an equitable allocation of scarce resources or a just resolution of conflicts of interest, can inform neo-institutionalist and constructivist theories. Developments in cross-cultural social psychology shed light on constructivist arguments about the creation and maintenance of international social order that typically rest on assumptions about decision making that are qualitatively different from realist and institutionalist approaches to world politics.