When does nuclear counterproliferation succeed? When does it lead to preventive war? We argue that as the ratio between (i) the effect of nuclear acquisition on the balance of power and (ii) the costs of preventive war increases, counterproliferation becomes more successful but mistaken preventive wars also become more likely. We apply this logic to comparing the dynamics of proliferation durin...

CONTEXT The rising number of deaths among United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces after the Cold War has made some troop-contributing countries hesitant to participate in peacekeeping operations. While the number and scale of missions have increased, no data have demonstrated a parallel increase in risks to peacekeepers. OBJECTIVE To determine the association of characteristics of UN peacekee...

this article concentrates on the role and the place of the middle east in the international system after the cold war. after reviewing different theories and vies on the nature of international system and politics after the cold war, the author considers the rise of a new industrial super bloc, the main development after the end of the cold war. this super block has a unified and definite polic...

even though subsequent to the cold war, washington and moscow geostrategic competition came to an end in many parts of the world, a fresh rivalry has been sparked between them in central asia and the caucasus. this rivalry has been developed between regional and transregional powers with the aim of gaining geopolitical advantages, enhancement of security structures, dominance over energy resour...

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Various scholars and media researchers have adopted the view, that due to the Cold War, war discourse has become the dominant discourse in Western media and popular culture. We live in a deeply militarized culture in which for instance many ordinary metaphors have their roots in war and popular culture is full of war material. Consuming war as a natural part of everyday entertainment, the "war ...