This book by a leading scholar of international relations examines the origins of the new world disorder - the resurgence of Russia, the rise of populism in the West, deep tensions in the Atlantic alliance, and the new strategic partnership between China and Russia - and asks why so many assumptions about how the world might look after the Cold War - liberal, democratic and increasingly global - have proven to be so wrong. To explain this, Michael Cox goes back to the moment of disintegration and examines what the Cold War was about, why the Cold War ended, why the experts failed to predict it, and how different writers and policy-makers (and not just western ones) have viewed the tumultuous period between 1989 when the liberal order seemed on top of the world through to the current period when confidence in the western project seems to have disappeared almost completely.

About the Author

Michael Cox is Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

Reviews

"There are few better guides to the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a new era in international affairs than Mick Cox. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the global politics of the great transition." - O. A. Westad, Harvard University. Author of The Global Cold War and The Cold War: A World History

Book Information
ISBN 9780815351719
Author Michael Cox
Format Paperback
Page Count 254
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 417g