International relations since the end of the Cold War : new and old dimensions / edited by Geir Lundestad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Papers from the 150th Nobel Symposium held in Nyvagar from the 22nd to the 26th of June 2011.

"Nobel Symposium 150"--Jacket.

Introduction: the past / Geir Lundestad -- Evolving structure of world politics, 1991-2011 / Stewart Patrick -- From realism to the liberal peace: twenty years of research on the causes of war / John R. Oneal -- War, democracy, and peace / John Mueller -- Victory: The "State," the "West," and the Cold War / Melvyn P. Leffler -- The United States and the Cold War: four ideas that shaped the twentieth-century world / Jeremi Suri -- The Cold War and its legacy / Vladimir O. Pechatnov -- Two finales: how the end of the Third World and the end of the Cold War are linked / Odd Arne Westad -- Nuclear weapons and international relations since the end of the Cold War / David Holloway -- Development of the arms race and how we think about it / Olav Njølstad -- Between primacy and decline: America's role in the post-Cold War world / Jussi M. Hanhimäki -- Russia and the West: twenty difficult years / Vladislav Zubok -- European Union at twenty: can Europe be saved? / Frédéric Bozo -- China's prolonged rise: legitimacy challenges and dilemmas in the reform and opening-up era / Chen Jian -- After the West? towards a new international system? / Michael Cox -- Conclusion: the future / Geir Lundestad.

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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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