Conflict among nations for forty-five years after World War II
was dominated by the major bipolar struggle between the United
States and the Soviet Union. With the end of the Cold War; states
in differing legions of the world are taking their affairs more
into their own hands and working out new arrangements for security
that best suit their needs. This trend toward new "regional orders"
is the subject of this book, which seeks both to document the
emergence and strengthening of these new regional arrangements and
to show how international relations theory needs to be modified to
take adequate account of their salience in the world today.
Rather than treat international politics as everywhere the same,
or each region as unique, this hook adopts a comparative approach.
It recognizes that, while regions vary widely in their
characteristics, comparative analysis requires a common typology
and set of causal variables. It presents theories of regional order
that both generalize about regions and predict different patterns
of conflict and cooperation from their individual traits.
The editors conclude that, in the new world of regional orders,
the quest for universal principles of foreign policy by great
powers like the United States is chimerical and dangerous. Regional
orders differ, and policy artist accommodate these differences if
it is to succeed.
Contributors are Brian L. Job, Edmund J. Keller, Yuen Foong
Khong, David A. Lake, Steven E. Lobell, David R. Mares, Patrick M.
Nlotgan. Paul A. Papayoanou, David J. Pervin, Philip G. Roeder,
Richard Rosecrance and Peter Schott, Susan Shirk, Etel Solingen,
and Arthur A. Stein.
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