Poland’s Security Policy after the Cold War

Revisiting Security Communities after the Cold War : the Constructivist Perspective

History shows that ‘security, whether defined narrowly or widely, is a scarce commodity’. Therefore, it is generally observed that in face of security threat perceptions, states feel the necessity to combine their efforts to strengthen their own security by acting together. This brings us to the concept of collective security, which has been widely debated in the literature of international rel...

evolutions of us foreign policy after the cold war

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Was the Cold War a Security Dilemma?

Exploring whether the Cold War was a security dilemma illuminates both history and theoretical concepts. The core argument of the security dilemma is that, in the absence of a supranational authority that can enforce binding agreements, many of the steps pursued by states to bolster their security have the effect—often unintended and unforeseen—of making other states less secure. The anarchic n...

International Law after the Cold War

Security Studies and the End of the Cold War

Graham Allison and Gregory F. Treverton, eds. Rethinking America's Security: Beyond Cold War to New World Order. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992,479 pp. John Lewis Gaddis. The United States and the End of the Cold War: Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, 301 pp. Michael J. Hogan, ed. The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications. New York:...