No common power : understanding international relations Upplaga 4

I. INTRODUCTION: THE CONTEXT OF WORLD POLICTICS. 1. Understanding International Relations. 2. The International System and the Modern State. II. CONFLICT IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM. 3. The East-West Conflict: Origins. 4. East-West Relations and the End of the Cold War. 5. The North-South Conflict. 6. Nuclear Weapons and World Politics. III. WATERSHEDS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. 7. Interpretations of the Past: 1914 Versus 1938. 8. A Glimpse into the Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis. 9. Vietnam and the Limits of Intervention. 10. Oil and the World Political Economy. IV. ORDER AND THE “ANARCHICAL SOCIETY.” 11. The Causes of War. 12. The Search for Global Order. 13. European Union and the Search for Regional Order. 14. Globalization and the Search for Economic Order. V. CONCLUSION: ANARCHY, ORDER, AND CONSTRAINT. 15. Conclusion. Index.