• International Relations 11th Edition

International Relations 11th Edition

Author by: G. John Ikenberry Language: en Publisher by: Cambridge University Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 71 Total Download: 302 File Size: 52,5 Mb Description: The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship, however, is based on European experiences between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, when five or more powerful states dominated international relations, and the latter twentieth century, when two superpowers did so.