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 the Cold War.
The trend this has produced is similar to a pattern that classical
realists have interpreted as 'bandwagoning' within a unipolar power
structure. Case studies of Germany, China and Japan - identified as
key states with the potential to challenge US dominance - provide
evidence to support the assessment of international change. The
author concludes by exploring the implications of September 11th
for the analysis developed.
This important volume argues that the end of the Cold War was a
major historical turning point in the development of world politics
with fundamental implications for the basic way in which the
dynamics of the international system are conceptualised.
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